The pied bush chat is a small passerine bird found ranging from West Asia and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. About sixteen subspecies are recognized through its wide range with many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside and open scrub or grassland where it is found perched at the top of short thorn trees or other shrubs, looking out for insect prey. They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now considered as Old World flycatchers. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1766)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 12, vol. 1, part 1
Protonym:
Motacilla Caprata
Avibase ID:
25F1785692447316
Avibase ID:
avibase-25F17856
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/25F17856
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 562829
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Pied Bushchat ( Saxicola caprata) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Saxicola [caprata or aethiops]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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