Editing Common stonechat

[[File:Saxicola stejnegeri, Hanoi, Vietnam 4G4A3231 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Common Stonechat]]
[[File:4G4A4415(Common stonechat).jpg|thumb|Female Common Stonechat]]
[[File:SaxicolaTorquatusBroadSenseIUCN.svg|thumb|Distribution map of Common Stonechat in broad sense Saxicola torquatus sensu lato]]
'''Common stonechat''' is the name used for the ''[[Saxicola]]'' species '''''Saxicola torquatus''''' when this is treated in its broad sense.

It is, however, now more widely considered to be a [[superspecies]] consisting of several related but distinct species,<ref>IOC [http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-chats.html World Bird List] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191029153005/http://www.worldbirdnames.org/n-chats.html |date=2019-10-29 }} and references cited therein</ref> which are outwardly fairly similar but genetically distinct and replacing each other geographically without significant [[hybrid (biology)|hybridisation]]:<ref name=Urquhart>Urquhart, E., & Bowley, A. (2002): ''Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola''. [[Helm Identification Guides|Christopher Helm]], London. {{ISBN|0-7136-6024-4}}</ref><ref>Woog, F., Wink, M., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Gonzalez, J., & Helm, B. (2008). Distinct taxonomic position of the Madagascar stonechat (''Saxicola torquatus sibilla'') revealed by nucleotide sequences of mitochondrial DNA. ''J. Ornithol''. 149: 423–430. [https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10336-008-0290-1 Full text]</ref><ref>{{ cite journal | last1=Zink | first1=R.M. | last2=Pavlova | first2=A. | last3=Drovetski | first3=S. | last4=Wink | first4=M. | last5=Rohwer | first5=S. | year=2009 | title= Taxonomic status and evolutionary history of the ''Saxicola torquata'' complex | journal= Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=52 | issue=3 | pages=769–773 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.05.016 | pmid=19464380 | bibcode=2009MolPE..52..769Z | url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/26236014 }} See also: {{ cite journal | last1=Zink | first1=R.M. | last2=Pavlova | first2=A. | last3=Drovetski | first3=S. | last4=Wink | first4=M. | last5=Rohwer | first5=S. | year=2010 | title=Corrigendum to "Taxonomic status and evolutionary history of the ''Saxicola torquata'' complex" | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | volume=57 | issue=1 | pages=481–482 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2009.10.032 }}
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* [[African stonechat]] ''Saxicola torquatus'' in the strict sense
* [[European stonechat]] ''Saxicola rubicola''
* [[Siberian stonechat]] ''Saxicola maurus''
* [[Amur stonechat]] ''Saxicola stejnegeri''
* [[Madagascar stonechat]] ''Saxicola sibilla''

Three other species, not previously included within the broad view of common stonechat, have also been shown to be members of the superspecies:<ref name=Urquhart/><ref name=Illera>Illera, J. C., Richardson, D. S., Helm, B., Atienza, J. C., & Emerson, B. C. (2008). Phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and speciation in the avian genus Saxicola. ''Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution'' 48: 1145–1154. [http://www.ipna.csic.es/departamentos/agro/eei/images/M_images/Publicaciones_pdf/2008/SMPE-48-1145-2008.pdf Full text.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924102956/http://www.ipna.csic.es/departamentos/agro/eei/images/M_images/Publicaciones_pdf/2008/SMPE-48-1145-2008.pdf |date=2010-09-24 }}</ref>
* [[Fuerteventura chat]] ''Saxicola dacotiae''
* [[Reunion stonechat]] ''Saxicola tectes''
* [[White-tailed stonechat]] ''Saxicola leucurus''

Species status possible,<ref name=Urquhart/> but not yet verified:
* Ethiopian stonechat ''Saxicola'' (''torquatus'') ''albofasciatus''

Not all of the above are currently recognised as full species by all of the relevant taxonomical authorities, for example the [[British Ornithologists' Union]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British%20List%202010%2008%2031.pdf |title=The British List |access-date=2010-10-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720075636/http://www.bou.org.uk/thebritishlist/British%20List%202010%2008%2031.pdf |archive-date=2011-07-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> currently include ''stejnegeri'' as a subspecies of ''Saxicola maurus''.<ref> BOU Records Committee [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01155.x/pdf], September 2011.</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Saxicola]]