Pied Bush Chat

Saxicola caprata

Description

Saxicola caprata is black and white. The male bird has black color and striking white stripes on the wings, tungging, lower abdomen, and white tungging, while the female is brown with red-brick ridges. In young birds it is brown mottled.

Population Size

Unknown

Life Span

-

WEIGHT​

-

LENGTH

13 cm

Di

Diurnal

In

Insectivorest

Classification

KINGDOM

:

Animalia

PHYLUM

:

Chordata

CLASS

:

Aves

ORDER

:

Passeriformes

FAMILY

:

Muscicapidae

GENUS

:

Saxicola

SPECIES

:

Saxicola caprata

Distribution

Saxicola caprata usually live in open settlements, especially in areas that are somewhat dry. Inhabits the lowlands to an altitude of 2400 masl.

Geography

Continent : Asia

Country : Iran, China, Philippines, Sulawesi, Java, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Islands and Papua New Guinea

Habits and Lifestyle

Saxicola caprata usually perches among shrubs, rocks, poles, cables and flies in pursuit of small insects for prey. When chirping and restless, the tail is raised.

Lifestyle

–

Biome

Tropical forest

Climate Zone

Tropical

Diet and Nutrition

This bird likes to prey on small insects, so it is classified as an insectivorous species

Diet : Insectivora

Mating Habits

The breeding season in Java is from April to December. Lay two to four eggs, slightly blue and white with pink, purple and brown spots and patches. Nests made of concave cup-shaped grass clippings lined with fine root fibers, made in a rake under the cover of clumps / tufts of grass, usually on sloping ground.

Reproduction session : in Java is from April to December

Incubation periods: –

Independent age : –

Baby name : –

Baby carrying : 2 – 4 eggs

Population

Population status : Least Concern (LC)

NE

DD

LC

NT

VU

EN

CR

EW

EX

Population number​

Evaluated to be of the least concern on the IUCN red list, because the population is so widely spread.

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Reference

  1. MacKinnon, J. 1991 . Fields Guide to the Birds Of Java and Bali. Gadjah Mada University Press. Yogyakarta.
  2. Saxicola caprata on The IUCN Red List site 
  3. Decu Belang on Wikipedia article