White-throated Bush Chat

When to see the White-throated Bush Chat

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is June, the month with the most records.

Where to see the White-throated Bush Chat

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in India.

About the White-throated Bush Chat

The white-throated bush chat, also known as Hodgson's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola. It is IUCN Red Listed as Vulnerable as of 2018. In 2001, the global population has been estimated at between 3,500 and 15,000 individuals. The major threat appears to be the rapid loss of grasslands in its wintering areas. It winters in the Nepal and Indian Terai and in the Dooars. In this region, it has been recorded in Jim Corbett, Shuklaphanta, Chitwan, Kaziranga, and Manas National Parks and in Lumbini Crane Sanctuary. It prefers wet and dry grasslands, reeds and tamarisks along riverbeds, and also occurs in sugarcane fields.

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Easily confused with

Jerdon's Bush ChatSaxicola jerdoniJerdon's bush chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. White-bellied Bush ChatSaxicola gutturalisThe white-bellied bush chat is a small common bird, with a length ranging from approximately 13 to 15 centimetres (5 to 6 in). White-browed Bush ChatSaxicola macrorhynchusThe white-browed bush chat, also known as Stoliczka's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola.