PIED BUSHCHAT

 

Photographed on the outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(*  868)            PIED BUSHCHAT               Saxicola caprata

CAMBODIA                     51

Found 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.

PIED BUSHCHAT

Subspecies atratus, March 2017

(*  868)            PIED BUSHCHAT               Saxicola caprata

SRI LANKA            133

Found in grassy areas open cultivation and open gardens. 13.5 cm. Uncommon to locally fairly common breeding resident in mid hills and above.

PIED BUSHCHAT

Females are brown and the male is black: photographed in Ubud, Bali October 2016

(828)              PIED BUSHCHAT            Saxicola caprata

INDONESIA (Bali)         (37)        

Also known as Pied Chat. 14 cm. Open country species which has benefitted from widespread forest clearances; found in cultivated areas and savanna grasslands with scattered trees; lowlands and often into montane elevations. Range: Middle east Asia through the Oriental Region and east to New Guinea: locally common resident in Java, Bali and parts of Wallacea and Papua.