Class Aves Family Muscicapidae Lifespan European robin: 13 months | Phylum Chordata Order Passeriformes Subfamily Saxicolinae Clutch size European robin: 5 – 6 | |
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Wingspan European robin: 20 – 22 cm Mass European robin: 16 – 22 g, Common nightingale: 20 g Length European robin: 12 – 14 cm, Common nightingale: 15 – 16 cm Representative species European robin, European stonechat, Common nightingale, Bluethroat, Whinchat | ||
Chats (formerly sometimes known as "chat-thrushes") are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classified as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now considered Old World flycatchers.
The name is normally applied to the more robust ground-feeding flycatchers found in Europe and Asia and most northern species are strong migrants. There are a large number of genera and these birds in particular make up most of the subfamily Saxicolinae.
Other songbirds called "chats" are:
Species in taxonomic order
Saxicolinae genera not usually called "chats" are:
Aberrant redstarts, possibly belonging in this subfamily:
References
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