Saxicola rubicola, European Stonechat
Passeriformes – Muscicapidae
CZEP17-169
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic
CZEP18-440
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: June, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Same individual as CZEP20-007
CZEP18-479
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: July, 2018 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP19-064
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2019 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP20-007
Sex: M, age: 4CY (euring: 9), trapped: March, 2020 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
Age is known more precisely as this is a retrap. This bird was ringed as 2CY (euring 5) in June, 2018.
Same individual as CZEP18-440
CZEP20-452
Sex: F, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2020 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic
See note of the bird CZEP20-463.
CZEP20-456
Sex: F, age: 1CY+ (euring: 4), trapped: October, 2020 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic
See note of the bird CZEP20-463.
CZEP20-463
Sex: M, age: 1CY (euring: 3), trapped: October, 2020 in Jeseníky Mts., Czech Republic
During this particular ringing session, quite a few odd looking stonechats were trapped. This one looked quite suspicious, especially its dark underwing coverts and rather palish rump. To exclude/confirm the possibility that this is a S. stejnegeri we performed a DNA analysis (we sequenced the mitochondrial ND2 gene as in Zink et al. 2009 ). The results suggested, this is indeed a S. rubicola but its sequence clustered with sequences of stonechats breeding in the Black Sea region, the very far east of the range of this species. It comes into contact with the Siberian Stonechat (S. maurus) there. One more piece of the puzzle where the migratory stonechats during autumn come from?
The same might apply also to birds CZEP20-452 and CZEP20-456.
CZEP22-007
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2022 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP23-029
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2023 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP23-035
Sex: M, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2023 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP23-036
Sex: F, age: 2CY+ (euring: 6), trapped: March, 2023 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP23-046
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: March, 2023 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP23-166
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: May, 2023 in South Moravia Region, Czech Republic
CZEP24-078
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: April, 2024 in Vysočina Region, Czech Republic
CZEP24-119
Sex: M, age: 2CY (euring: 5), trapped: May, 2024 in South Moravia Region, Czech Republic