Stonechats are Old World flycatchers and are found abundant in habitats all over the world. An interesting fact on the family is that the stonechat name is given due to the stonechat call which sounds like two stones striking each other. Its scientific name of this Siberian or Asian Stonechat - Saxicola Maurus means dark rock-dweller. Saxicola derives from Latin saxum rock + incola inhabitant; maurus is Latinized from Greek maúros (μαύρος) black in reference to the upperpart colour. The stonechat bird is known to feed only on insects on the ground and sometimes by gleaning from vegetation. This is a feature not seen in many birds. Although stonechats are much similar to each other, there are some notable color differences in this bird species. The wintering range of the migratory bird is from southern Japan south to Thailand and India, and west to northeast Africa. On migration, small numbers reach as far west as western Europe, and exceptionally as far east as Alaska in North America.