White-throated Bushchat
A species of Stonechats and Bush Chats Scientific name : Saxicola insignis Genus : Stonechats and Bush Chats
White-throated Bushchat, A species of Stonechats and Bush Chats
Botanical name: Saxicola insignis
Genus: Stonechats and Bush Chats
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Description
Description
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 by BirdLife International. 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. 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 8 males. 
Size
17 cm
Feeding Habits
White-throated Bushchat consumes terrestrial insects including tenebrionid beetles and moths, alongside their larvae. From winter perches in Nepal, white-throated Bushchat forages from a consistent territory, diving to ground or catching prey mid-flight, often following large mammals to find flushed insects.
Habitat
The white-throated Bushchat primarily inhabits wet alpine and subalpine meadows, as well as montane scrub in hilly semi-desert plateaux characterized by sparse grass, shrubs, boulders, and rocky outcrops. Crucial to their habitat are water-bearing gulleys and ravines. During winter, they migrate to lower altitudes favoring wet and dry grasslands, reedbeds, tamarisk clumps along watercourses, and disturbed open short-grass plains, including sugar-cane fields and recently formed grasslands. The species is also known to make seasonal movements through various open terrains on migration.
Dite type
Insectivorous
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Old world flycatchers Species
White-throated Bushchat 
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