Claim: The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe now considered an Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae, that belongs to the class Aves and Phylum Chordata.
Evidence: The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa. At one time considered to be in the thrush family, Turdidae, it is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae. Class: Aves Phylum: Chordata