Saxicola maurus
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In 3 days ~80% in a week >90%
The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) is a recently validated species of the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). Like the other thrush-like flycatchers, it was often placed in the Turdidae in the past. It breeds in the East Palearctic including in easternmost Europe and winters in the Old World tropics.
The Siberian stonechat was formally described in 1773 as Muscicapa maura by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas based on a specimen collected at Karassum near the Ishim River in western Siberia. The specific epithet is from Latin maura meaning "African" or "Moorish" (i.e. "black" or "dark"). The Siberian stonechat is now placed in the genus Saxicola that was introduced in 1802 by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein. The genus name combines the Latin saxum, saxi meaning "stone" with -cola meaning "dweller" from colere meaning "to inhabit".
Six subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 3 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 4 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 12 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 13 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Hemis National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasai-Virar | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 2 | Shymkent | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 3 | Chattogram | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | |
| 4 | Kalyan-Dombivli | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 5 | Kathmandu | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 6 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 7 | Nashik | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 8 | Indore | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Almaty | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 10 | Bhopal | 🇮🇳 India |
Likely
About 40% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Stonechat sighting in Chitwan National Park on a given day, based on 690 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 39th most-seen of the 367 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 80%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and December
In those months about 60% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Stonechat in Chitwan National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May–June and August, the lowest months. Those are among Chitwan National Park's driest months, with about 20 mm of rain a month against 660 mm in July.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Siberian Stonechat sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 17
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Siberian Stonechat sightings, Chitwan National Park ranks 3rd at about 40%. The best odds are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 50%) and Manas National Park (India, about 50%). All parks ranked.
Same genus: Saxicola
The closest relatives of the Siberian Stonechat that you can see in Chitwan National Park (genus Saxicola, Stonechats and Bushchats) are Pied Bushchat (about 40%) and White-tailed Stonechat (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Siberian Stonechat is recorded against all the birds logged in Chitwan National Park (690 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
