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The pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) is a small passerine bird found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey. They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now considered as Old World flycatchers.
Scientific Name : Saxicola Caprata
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Type : Chats And Old World Flycatchers
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 13 cm
Compare Size : House Sparrow -
Wingspan : 21- 23 cm
Weight : 13 -17 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season : February to August with a peak in March to June
Other Names :
Hindi : अबलक à¤à¤¾à¤¡à¤¼à¥€à¤ªà¤¿à¤¦à¥à¤¦à¤¾
Marathi : कवडा गपà¥à¤ªà¥€à¤¦à¤¾à¤¸
Habitat:
countryside and open scrub or grassland
Breeding:
2 - 5 eggs are laid
Feeding:
insectivorous
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Rump | white |
| Wing | black with a variable white shoulder patch |
| Belly | upper belly black, lower belly area white |
| Vent | white |
| Note : predominantly black plumage |
|
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Upperparts | dark-brown |
| Crown | dark-brown |
| Nape | dark-brown colouration extending to side of neck |
| Lores | paler dark-brown |
| Throat | paler |
| Breast | rusty-brown |
| Belly | rusty-brown |
| Note : slightly streaked plumage |
|
| Juvenile | |
|---|---|
| Note : Juveniles have a scaly appearance on the underside but dark above like the females |
| S. c. bicolor subspecies | |
|---|---|
| Note : Males have more white on belly and breast has some rust-brown and whitish patchy pattern |
| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 05 Nov 2018 | Shiravali Gaon, Raigad, Maharashtra |
