African Stonechat
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African Stonechat

Saxicola torquatus

Overview

uKhahlamba-Drakensberg Park, Kruger National Park and Garden Route National Park are among the 16 atlas places where the African Stonechat is recorded. Its records concentrate in South Africa, Lesotho, France, Zimbabwe and Madagascar, and the map shows where these sightings gather. The atlas holds about 153,000 records of this bird from 17 countries.

Seasons differ by region for the African Stonechat, and each place page shows the months recorded there.

Records
152,645
Countries
17
Atlas places
16
Recorded in and around these atlas places

These are open occurrence records, so they show where people looked for and recorded the African Stonechat as much as where it lives. The atlas keeps a species' 200 best-recorded grid cells, so the map shows where records concentrate rather than its whole range. Cells are up to 25 km across, and every location is generalised to its cell.

Where you'll find them

Generalised encounter areas, not exact locations. Each shape is a grid cell coloured by how likely the species is there.

  • South Africa
    25 km zone · high confidence · 132955 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • France
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3123 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Zimbabwe
    25 km zone · high confidence · 3089 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Madagascar
    25 km zone · high confidence · 2437 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Rwanda
    25 km zone · high confidence · 2178 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Lesotho
    25 km zone · high confidence · 2131 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Tanzania
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1744 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Kenya
    25 km zone · high confidence · 1336 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Luxembourg
    25 km zone · high confidence · 921 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely
  • Eswatini
    25 km zone · high confidence · 890 records · updated 40 days ago
    Very likely

Conservation status not assessed here yet, so every location is generalised to its grid cell.

Photographs
1 of African Stonechat