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EUROPEAN STONECHAT MALE


EUROPEAN STONECHAT MALE
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Copyright: Marius Secan (marius-secan) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 197 W: 0 N: 440] (1491)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-07-19
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma APO 150-500mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-08-06 20:52
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EUROPEAN STONECHAT MALE

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

The European Stonechat or Common Stonechat 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. They, with similar small species in the family, are often called chats.

The European Stonechat is somewhat smaller than the European Robin. Both sexes have distinctively short wings, shorter than those of the more migratory Whinchat and Siberian Stonechat. The summer male rubicola has black upperparts, a black head, an orange throat and breast, and a white belly and vent. It also has white patches on the sides of its neck, a small white scapular patch on the wings, and a very small white patch on the rump often streaked with black. The female has paler brown upperparts and head, and no white neck patches, rump or belly, these areas being streaked dark brown on paler brown, the only white being the scapular patch on the wings and even this often being buffy-white.

European Stonechats breed in heathland, coastal dunes and rough grassland with scattered small shrubs and bramble, open gorse, tussocks or heather. They are non-migratory or short-distance migrants, with part of the population moving south to winter further south in Europe and more widely in north Africa.

The male has a clicking call like stones knocking together, for which it was named. The song is high and twittering like a Dunnock.

Two doubtfully distinct subspecies are accepted: the Central European Stonechat S. r. rubicola in the south and east of its range, and the Western European Stonechat of western and NW Europe, notably the Atlantic coastal areas, S. r. hibernans. They are hardly different in appearance, but nDNA microsatellite fingerprinting reveals some degree of separation (Wink et al. 2002). Together, these two races are found throughout western, central and southern Europe, the extreme northwest of Africa and western Turkey.
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  • zetu Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 647 W: 15 N: 1589] (6203)
  • [2009-08-06 22:02]

Buna
foarte bine prezentata specia, detalii bune si culori frumoase.
numai bine
Razvan

Hi Marius
Great shot! Sharp details, perfect focus and natural colours. First class work!
Kind Regards
Vinny

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  • joska Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 407 W: 0 N: 1011] (5460)
  • [2009-08-07 1:03]

Detalii si culori foarte frumoase, felicitari!

Marius,
O captura de exceptie azi....binr focusata, culori naturale...asa cum sade bine unui cunoscator al...pasaricilor:)!
Felicitari!
Horia

Slav Marīus,
Very good capture of this European Stonechat bird in the nice pose.Excellent sharpness and great colors.Thanks for sharing.
Dūrzan

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  • cloud Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 71 N: 758] (4689)
  • [2009-08-07 6:26]

Hello Marius,
How very light is this bird because plants under it isn't bent. Good sharpness, nice blurred BG, clear colours of plumage.
Regards, Pawel

Hi,
Fine pose of this beautiful bird and soft lighting, Good composition too. tfs.
nagraj.v

Hello Marius,

An excellent shot with great colors, sharpness & nice details. TFS.

Regards

Umar

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  • thor68 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 792 W: 138 N: 1312] (5642)
  • [2009-08-07 11:35]

not much to add here - wonderful photo of handsome mr. stonechat! :-) pose, colors, sharpness, composition, blurred
background - everything is just as it has to be - and even the plant is very interesting. great job & best wishes, thor.

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  • PeterZ Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2388 W: 94 N: 5521] (17576)
  • [2009-08-08 8:40]

Hello Marius,
Fantastic photo of this stonechat. Everything is excellent, in all aspects. Nothing to critize. Very pleasant eye-contact. Good quality!
Regards,
Peter

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