Listen to the Pied bush chat
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About the Pied bush chat
The Pied bush chat is a bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults have a wingspan of about 19 cm and weigh around 2 g.
What does the Pied bush chat sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as saxicolacapratacall. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) 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.
They nest in cavities in stone walls or in holes in an embankment, lining the nest with grass and animal hair. The males are black with white shoulder and vent patches whose extent varies among populations. Females are predominantly brownish while juveniles are speckled.
Related birds in the genus Saxicola
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Black redstart
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Red-breasted flycatcher
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Pied bush chat sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Pied bush chat on this page, including its saxicolacapratacall. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
Is the Pied bush chat endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Pied bush chat as “least concern”.
What family does the Pied bush chat belong to?
The Pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- SaxicolaCaprataCall by L. Shyamal – CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
- Pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) sound by Shino jacob koottanad – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q864893 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Pied bush chat – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Charles J. Sharp – CC BY-SA 4.0