White-bellied Bush Chat (Saxicola gutturalis)
About the White-bellied Bush Chat
The white-bellied bush chat (Saxicola gutturalis) is a small bird belonging to the family Muscicapidae, which includes the Old World species of flycatchers. This species is found in parts of Southeast Asia, where it inhabits dry grasslands, open scrublands, and lightly wooded areas. Though sometimes considered locally common, particularly on Timor Island, where it can occupy as much as 20% of the landscape, with some areas having about roughly one breeding pair per hectare.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 7 CC BY-NC-ND. 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 Indonesia 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.