Whinchat

Clutches hold 5.5 eggs, with 1.5 clutches per year, an incubation period of 12.5 days and sexual maturity at 1 year. The whinchat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, which is not a threatened category, and its geographic range covers 10,240,000 km².

Weight

16 g – 16.6 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

22 cmsrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

6.06 years – 6.92 yearssrc for Lifespan

Diet

Invertivoresrc for Diet

Main food

arthropodssrc for Main food

Habitat

shrublandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

12.5 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5.3 – 5.5src for Young per litter or clutch

Age at maturity

12 monthssrc for Age at maturity

Litters or clutches a year

1.5src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Lifestyle

Perchingsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The whinchat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

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1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderPasseriformes
5. familyMuscicapidae
6. genusSaxicola
7. SpeciesSaxicola rubetra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Curruca rubetra, Fruticicola rubetra, Motacilla fervida, Motacilla rubetra, Motacilla senegalensis, Oenanthe rubetra, Pratincola fervida, Pratincola rubetra, Pratincola rubetra margaretae, Pratincola rubetra noskae, Pratincola rubetra spatzi, Pratincola senegalensis, Rubetra albistriata, Rubetra major, Rubetra migratoria, Rubetra senegalensis, Saxicola crampes, Saxicola orampes, Saxicola pratorum, Saxicola rubecula, Saxicola rubertra, Saxicola rubetra hesperophila, Saxicola rubetra incerta, Saxicola rubetra rubetra, Saxicola rubetra spatzi, Saxicola septentrionalis, Sylvia rubetra

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@misc{whinchat_2026,
  title = {Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/whinchat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}