{"id":25401,"date":"2012-11-05T14:28:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:40","slug":"whinchat-saxicola-rubetra","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/","title":{"rendered":"Whinchat Saxicola rubetra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Whinchat, Saxicola rubetra, is a small passerine bird and is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open rough pasture or similar uncultivated grassland in Europe and Asia. It nests in tussocks. All birds winter in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Whinchat\u00a0<i>Saxicola\u00a0rubetra<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-274-25401\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2022\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-6.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2021\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-5.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2020\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-4.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2019\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-3.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2018\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-2.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2017\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-1.jpg\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) at Greifensee ZH, Switzerland\" alt=\"Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/whinchat-saxicola-rubetra\/thumbs\/thumbs_whinchat-saxicola-rubetra-1.jpg\" 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It nests in tussocks. All birds winter in Africa. 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