Birds Around Me

Common European Stonechat गोजा (Saxicola rubicola) is an attractive, perky chat that sits up on bushes, flicks its wings and tail and gives a call that sounds like stones being knocked together, hence its name. Common European Stonechat गोजा (Saxicola rubicola) Cornwall, U.K. May 2021 Common European Stonechat (गोजा) - Saxicola rubicola (13cm), is a subcontinent birds sometimes treated as Asian Stonechat. Robin-sized, in all plumages tail uniformly dark, long but narrow white patch on inner edge of folded wing (often hidden), underparts peachy-orange, head lacks pale eyebrow. Spring male has sooty head, broad white half-collar and very dark underparts.  Common European Stonechat गोजा (Saxicola rubicola) females are similar, but paler head pattern much more subdued.  In the U.K. a fairly common resident, some moving to Europe for milder temperatures. Typically uses a prominent pech; usually seen in pairs. Identification: Breading - black head and throat; white rump, neck and ...