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African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

118Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
28Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb8
Mar5
Apr25
May14
Jun15
Jul11
Aug8
Sep3
Oct9
Nov7
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Aberdeenshire Scotland19
2Doncaster England10
3Highland Scotland9
4Devon England7
5Cambridgeshire England5
6Suffolk England5
7Rutland England4
8Norfolk England3
9Dorset England3
10Sheffield England3
11Kent England2
12East Riding of Yorkshire England2
13Powys Wales2
14Surrey England1
15Cornwall England1
73 England30 Scotland7 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 28 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
118
Peak month
April
Counties with records
28
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Saxicola torquatus
Group
Birds
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Saxicola
Name with authority
Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Described
1766

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q1315689 · GBIF 2492526