The white-browed bush chat (Saxicola macrorhynchus),[note 1] also known as Stoliczka's bushchat, is an Old World flycatcher in the genus Saxicola. The alternative name is after the discoverer, geologist and explorer Ferdinand Stoliczka.
| White-browed bush chat | |
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| Male in non-breeding plumage at Tal Chhapar Sanctuary, Rajasthan, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Saxicola |
| Species: | S. macrorhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Saxicola macrorhynchus (Stoliczka, 1872)
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| Synonyms | |
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Saxicola macrorhyncha | |
This desert specialist has a small, declining population because of agricultural intensification and encroachment, which qualifies it as vulnerable.
The white-browed bush chat is found in an area of semi-arid country in north-western India and eastern Pakistan.[2] It has apparently strayed as far east as the Bharatpur area of Rajasthan and as far south as Goa and Pune,[3] with two simultaneous historical records from southern Afghanistan.[2]
Gallery
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Stolickza's bushchat -
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Stolickza's bushchat at Kutch
Notes
edit- ^ Saxicola is masculine leading to the species epithet ending in -us
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Saxicola macrorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22710160A110578039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22710160A110578039.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b Mandhro, Sameer (16 May 2020). "Rare bird sighted after 98 long years". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
- ^ Rao, Rahul (2007). "Sighting of Stoliczka's Bushchat Saxicola macrorhynchus in Pune District, Maharashtra, Western India". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 104 (2): 214.
Other sources
edit- BirdLife Species Factsheet.
- Red-Data Book Species Information
- Endangered and Threatened Birds of the World, a photo discussion by Don Roberson
- Urquhart, E. & Bowley, A. 2002. Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola. Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6024-4