Also known as the Canary Islands Chat this species is endemic to Fuerteventura. Similar in appearance to common Stonechat it has however a white stripe above the eye more reminiscent of a Whinchat. Its estimated population is c.1,000 pairs.
(Meade-Waldo, 1889): NOTE(ENG: Change English name of Saxicola dacotiae to Canary Islands Stonechat to conform to prevailing usage and documentation that it is embedded in the phylogeny of 'stonechats' (Zink et al. 2009).)
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
