馃 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
馃摎 Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant
馃摎 maurus (lat.): Moorish, black
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These birds are not afraid of people. Maybe this is due to the fact that they are so bravely defending their territories, or because they are used to seeing people and know that they are not dangerous.
This male saw me and began to report me to the rest of the inhabitants of this meadow. They are like meerkats, sitting on the very tops of tall grasses or low bushes and watching the territory. From what they are so easy to observe and photograph.
In the second and third parts, these birds are also, but they look different. These are young birds, most likely, but there may be another subspecies. And there are more than 50 subspecies of these birds, and it is incredibly difficult to distinguish them from each other.
