Jerdon's Bushchat Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Monticola solitarius
Family : Muscicapidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Bushes
Description : The Jerdon’s Bush Chat is a small upright passerine with plain dark upperparts (length 15 cm, wing 6.6 cm, bill 1cm, tarsus 2.3 cm, tail 6.5 cm approximately). The male differs from the female. The male looks entirely glossy blue-black above including the head and ear-coverts, wings, rump and tail; and is white below from the throat to vent. The female looks uniform rufous-brown from above and pale brownish-buff from below. Its rump and uppertail-coverts are rufous, the chin and throat are white and its breast and flanks are dark fulvous. In both sexes the tail is uniform, relatively long and with a rounded graduated tip. It feeds mainly on insects. It breeds in the nearby grasslands of eastern India in February-May.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Larvivora brunnea
(Siberian Blue Robin) -
Calliope calliope
(Chinese (White‑tailed) Rubythroat) -
Tarsiger indicus
(Slaty‑backed Forktail) -
Turdus obscurus
(Tibetan Blackbird) -
Culicicapa ceylonensis
(Grey‑headed Canary-flycatcher) -
Phoenicurus auroreus
(Blue-capped Rock-thrush) -
Ficedula tricolor
(Snowy‑browed Flycatcher) -
Myophonus caeruleus
(Slaty-backed Flycatcher) -
Larvivora cyane
(Bluethroat) -
Niltava macgrigoriae
(Large Niltava)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan (www.inaturalist.org/people/Ani Sarkisyan ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Eduardo Realinhomore information, please contact us.
description written by:Sharmin Rahman,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Ani Sarkisyan (www.inaturalist.org/people/Ani Sarkisyan ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;Eduardo Realinhomore information, please contact us.