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Pied Bushchat

Saxicola caprata

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Field Notes

Description:

The Pied Bushchat has a dumpy structure and upright stance. The male is black except for a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. The iris is dark brown, the bill and legs black. The female is drab brown and slightly streaked. Juveniles have a scaly appearance on the underside but dark above like the females. A study suggests that males use dawn chorus to mediate social relationships with neighbouring males to proclaim an established territory. This species is insectivorous, and like other chats hunts from a prominent low perch. They have been noted to feed on Pyralid moths and whitefly - wikipedia.org

Habitat:

Seen near cultivated fields.

Notes:

The first two pics are of a male and the last one is of a female.

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