Belongs within: Muscicapidae.
Saxicola, stonechats, is a genus of small birds found in Eurasia and Africa with a straight bill longer than the middle toe, long tarsi, long compressed claws, and white or rufous coloration at the base of the tail. In the European stonechat S. rubicola of the western Palaearctic, males have black upperparts, an orange breast and a partial white collar; females are duller and lack the collar.
<==Saxicola Bechstein 1803M02 [incl. Pratincola Koch 1816B94; Pratincolinae]
|--+--S. gutturalisJT12
| `--+--S. ferreusBKB15
| `--S. jerdoniBKB15
`--+--S. rubetraBKB15
`--+--+--S. caprataBKB15 [=Pratincola caprataS89]
| `--S. insignisBKB15
`--+--S. torquatus (Linnaeus 1766)BKB15, M02 [=Muscicapa torquataM02, S. torquatusJF06]
| |--S. t. torquatusS05
| `--S. t. albofasciatus Rüppell 1840 [=S. albofasciata]S05
`--+--S. leucurusBKB15
`--+--S. tectesBKB15
`--+--S. maurus (Pall. 1776)BKB15, M01 [=Motacilla mauraM01, Pratincola mauraM01]
`--+--S. dacotiaeBKB15
`--S. rubicolaBKB15 [=Motacilla rubicolaSch66]
Saxicola incertae sedis:
‘Pratincola’ atrataB66
S. axillarisJF06
S. bicolorE42
S. borbonicaSch66
S. hemprichiiSch66
‘Pratincola’ indicaSch66
S. macrorhynchusJT12
S. pastorSch66
S. picata Blyth 1847CC10
S. sibillaAP21
S. stejnegeriAP21 [=S. torquata stejnegeriVP89]
‘Motacilla’ sybillaSch66 [=Pratincola sibyllaScl66]
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
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[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.
[B66] Bulger, G. E. 1866. List of birds observed at Wellington, Neilgherry Hills, about 6000 feet above the level of the sea, during the months of April and May, 1866. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 568–571.
[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.
[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.
[E42] Ewer, W. 1842. List of a collection of birds from India. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 10: 91–93.
[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.
[JF06] Jønsson, K. A., & J. Fjeldså. 2006. A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds. Zoologica Scripta 35: 149–186.
[M01] Madarász, J. 1901. Madarak [Vögel]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 21–39. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.
[M02] Mlíkovský, J. 2002. Cenozoic Birds of the World. Part 1: Europe. Ninox Press: Praha.
[S89] Salvadori, T. 1889. Viaggio di Leonardo Fea nella Birmania e nelle regioni vicine. XIX.—Uccelli raccolti nei Monti Carin a nord-est di Tounghoo, nel Pegù presso Rangoon e Tounghoo e nel Tenasserim presso Malewoon. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2a, 7: 369–438.
[Sch66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.
[Scl66] Sclater, P. L. 1866. Report on birds collected at Windvogelberg, South Africa, by Capt. G. E. Bulger, C. M. Z. S. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 21–23.
[S05] Steinheimer, F. D. 2005. Eduard Rüppel’s avian types at the Natural History Museum, Tring (Aves). Senckenbergiana Biologica 85 (2): 233–264.
[VP89] Viney, C., & K. Phillipps. 1989. Birds of Hong Kong 5th ed. Government Printer: Hong Kong.