The pied bush chat 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
Pied Bushchat in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01
immature S. c. bicolor with an insect
male S. c. burmanicus Cambodia
male S. c. nilgiriensis Nilgiri mountains
Saxicola, the stonechats or chats, is a genus of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World. They are insectivores occurring in open scrubland and grassland with scattered small shrubs. The gen
Pied bush chat
…work. The specific epithet caprata is from a local name in Luzon which according to Brisson was Maria-capra. This species is now placed in the genus Saxicola that was introduced by the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein in 1802. There are 16 recognised subspecies. At 13 cm (5.1 in), the pied bush…
Stonechat male, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Female pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor), India
Jerdon's Bush Chat, Inle Lake, Taunggyi District, Shan State, Myanmar