Prakruti Parichay
MuscicapidaeSaxicola

Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

12.5–13 cmVery Small
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident. Male is entirely black except for white rump and patch on wing; duller due to rufous fringes to body in non-breeding and first-winter plumages. Female has dark brown upperparts a ndrufous-brown underparts, with rufous-orange rump. Females in peninsula and Sri Lanka are darker and more prominently streaked than in North. Mainly cultivation and open country with scattered bushes or tall grass.

Colour

BrownRufous / Red-brownOrange
Average size
12.8 cm
Habitat
Mainly cultivation and open country with scattered bushes or tall grass.
Behaviour
Widespread resident. Male is entirely black except for white rump and patch on wing, duller due to rufous fringes to body in non-breeding and first-winter plumages.

About this bird

Widespread resident. Male is entirely black except for white rump and patch on wing; duller due to rufous fringes to body in non-breeding and first-winter plumages. Female has dark brown upperparts a ndrufous-brown underparts, with rufous-orange rump. Females in peninsula and Sri Lanka are darker and more prominently streaked than in North. Mainly cultivation and open country with scattered bushes or tall grass.

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Pied Bushchat is bigger than Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch but smaller than Ashy Prinia.

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Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

12.5–13 cm