The African Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) is a member of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. In the past it was usually treated in a far wider sense, as the Common Stonechat (Saxicola torquata sensu lato), but recent genetic evidence strongly supports the status as full species for the European Stonechat (S. rubicola, previously S. torquata rubicola) and the Siberian Stonechat (S. maura, previously Saxicola torquata maura). Image File history File links Saxicola torquata Author: Marek Szczepanek File links The following pages link to this file: African Stonechat ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... Families Many, see text A passerine is a bird of the giant order Passeriformes. ... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ... Species see text The genus Saxicola, the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 14 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... A painting of Carolus Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné (   listen?), and who wrote under the Latinized name Carolus Linnaeus (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of taxonomy. ... Genera many:see text The Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae is a large family of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. ... Binomial name Saxicola rubicola (Linnaeus, 1766) The European Stonechat Saxicola rubicola is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. ... Binomial name Saxicola maura (Pallas, 1773) The Siberian Stonechat or Asian Stonechat (Saxicola maura) is a member of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. ...

It has a scattered distribution across much of southern Africa, and more locally in central and sub-Saharan northern Africa north to Senegal and Ethiopia, with outlying populations in the mountains of southwest Arabia, and on Madagascar and Grand Comoro Island. It is non-migratory, moving only locally if at all; as a result, it has developed much regional variation, being divided into 12 subspecies. Africa is the worlds second-largest continent and 3rd most populous. ... The Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula is a peninsula in Southwest Asia at the junction of Africa and Asia. ... Travel guide to Comoros from Wikitravel Look up Comoros in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Government News allAfrica - Comoros news headline links Al-Watwan weekly newspaper Overviews BBC News - Country Profile: Comores CIA World Factbook - Comoros Library of Congress Country Study - Comoros data as of August 1994 Directories Arab Gateway - Comoros...