The white-throated bush chat (Saxicola insignis), also known as Hodgson's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola. It is IUCN Red Listed as Vulnerable as of 2018. In 2001, the global population has been estimated at between 3,500 and 15,000 individuals. The major threat appears to be the rapid loss of grasslands in its wintering areas. It winters in the Nepal and Indian Terai and in the Dooars. In this region, it has been recorded in Jim Corbett, Shuklaphanta, Chitwan, Kaziranga, and Manas National Parks and in Lumbini Crane Sanctuary. It prefers wet and dry grasslands, reeds and tamarisks along riverbeds, and also occurs in sugarcane fields. In spring and summer, it breeds in the alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia.[1] The white-throated bush chats is insectivorous.[2]
| White-throated bush chat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Saxicola |
| Species: | S. insignis
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| Saxicola insignis | |
During a survey carried out in the Shuklaphanta National Park, a total of 19 white-throated bush chats were recorded in January 2005, and a year later only eight males.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Saxicola insignis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710172A131880644. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710172A131880644.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Shekhawat, D. S.; Bhatnagar, C. (2014). "Guild, status, and diversity of avian fauna in the Jhunjhunu district, Rajasthan, India". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 7 (3): 262–267. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2014.06.001.
- ^ Yadav, B.P. (2007). Status, Distribution and Habitat Preferences of Hodgon's Bushchat (Saxicola insignis) in Grassland of Suklaphanta Wildlife Reserve of Far-Western Development Region of Nepal (PDF). United Kingdom: Oriental Birds Club.