Wildlifeof India
White-throated Bush Chat
Thrushes, Chats & Flycatchers
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Basic stats
Diet
Insects
Habitat
Breeds in alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia; wetland in SoIB
Range
Winters in the Nepal and Indian Terai and in the Dooars
The white-throated bush chat, also known as Hodgson's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola, and is insectivorous. It winters in the Nepal and Indian Terai and in the Dooars, and in spring and summer breeds in alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia (Wikipedia, general species account).
During a survey in Shuklaphanta National Park a total of 19 white-throated bush chats were recorded in January 2005, and a year later only eight males. SoIB 2023 rates it a High conservation priority, a winter migrant of wetland that eats invertebrates, and gives its range as effectively unmeasured (Wikipedia, general species account; SoIB 2023).
Quick answers
- What does the White-throated Bush Chat eat?
- Insects
- What habitat does the White-throated Bush Chat live in?
- Breeds in alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia; wetland in SoIB
- Where is the White-throated Bush Chat found?
- Winters in the Nepal and Indian Terai and in the Dooars