Saxicola maurus
Silhouette: PhyloPic
In 3 days ~90% 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 50% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Stonechat sighting in Manas National Park on a given day, based on 873 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 10th most-seen of the 377 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 90%, and over a week to over 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
February and October
In those months about 70% of wildlife watchers report a Siberian Stonechat in Manas National Park on a given day, against about 10% in May and June, the lowest months. Those are among Manas National Park's driest months, with about 90 mm of rain a month against 1070 mm in June.
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.
Among the best
Of the 17 parks where we can rate Siberian Stonechat sightings, Manas National Park ranks 2nd at about 50%, level with the leaders once rounded. The best odds are in Kaziranga National Park (India, about 50%). All parks ranked.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Siberian Stonechat is recorded against all the birds logged in Manas National Park (873 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.
