Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata)
About the Pied Bush Chat
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.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 130 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-ND · 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Cambodia, China, Finland, India in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicolarecording
- Reunion StonechatSaxicola tectesrecording
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetrarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.