White-throated Bushchat - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by tony.saw
Suklaphanta National Park, Kanchanpur District, Nepal, 16 March 2024

Saxicola insignis

Identification

17 cm. White throat and sides of neck, white primary coverts, black crown, ear-coverts and mantle with rufous-brown fringes. rufous-orange underparts becoming pale on belly. Female has buff supercilium, pale throat and buff crown and mantle.

Distribution

Mongolia, Russia, China, India, Nepal and Bhutan.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Alpine or subalpine meadows and scrub in mountains. It winters (October-May) in wet and dry grasslands, reeds and tamarisks along riverbeds, and also in sugarcane fields, in open terrain.

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) White-throated Bushchat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 9 October 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/White-throated_Bushchat

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