Canary Islands Bush Chat
Saxicola dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
A male Fuerteventura Chat (also known as Fuerteventura Stonechat) in Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain.
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Open encyclopedia reference
The Canary Islands stonechat (Saxicola dacotiae), also known as the Fuerteventura stonechat or Fuerteventura chat, and formerly known as the Canary Islands chat due to its once widespread distribution on the Canary Islands, is a sedentary resident bird found only on the island of Fuerteventura where it is known as the Caldereta.
Wikipedia contributors, Canary Islands stonechat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:40:48.953597+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Saxicola dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889)
- Name authority
- (Meade-Waldo, 1889)
- Common name
- Canary Islands Bush Chat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Saxicola
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyMuscicapidae Fleming, 1822
- genusSaxicola Bechstein, 1802
- speciesSaxicola dacotiae (Meade-Waldo, 1889)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Saxicola. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Saxicola torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxicola maurus (Pallas, 1773) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxicola ferreus J. E. Gray & G. R. Gray, 1847 | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied Bush ChatSaxicola caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saxicola stejnegeri (Parrot, 1908) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Jerdon's Bush ChatSaxicola jerdoni (Blyth, 1867) | MuscicapidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=562830 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:79RBP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.