Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) [XC185034]
by Phil Gregory from Pantar Island, near Bagang, Uzbekistan (song)
Pied Bush Chat (Saxicola caprata) [XC409258]
by ARUN PRABHU from Pakokku, Magway Region, Papua New Guinea (call)
Nest
In a hole of an embankment or cavity in a wall, lined with grass and animal hair.
Eggs (Guide)
2 - 5; pale bluish-white; oval. Incubation: 12 - 1 days; mainly by female.
Subspecies
The following 16 subspecies are recognised:
caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Luzon and Mindoro, in northern Philippines.
rossorum (Hartert, 1910) - North-eastern Iran south-central Kazakhstan south to Afghanistan. Non-breeding south-western Asia (vagrant Arabia, Israel).
bicolor Sykes, 1832 - South-eastern Iran, Pakistan and northern India. Non-breeding central India.
burmanicus Baker, ECS, 1922 - Central and south-eastern India east to Myanmar and southern China (southern Sichuan, Yunnan), south to Thailand and Indochina.
nilgiriensis Whistler, 1940 - South-western India.
albonotatus (Stresemann, 1912) - Sulawesi (except northern peninsula) and Salayer I.
cognatus Mayr, 1944 - Babar I.
belensis Rand, 1940 - West-central New Guinea.
aethiops (Sclater, PL, 1880) - Northern New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black Bushchat (Saxicola aethiops).
wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 - East-central and eastern New Guinea.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet