Jerdon's bush chat (''Saxicola jerdoni'') is a species of
bird in the family
Muscicapidae.
The common name commemorates the surgeon-naturalist
Thomas C. Jerdon
Thomas Caverhill Jerdon (12 October 1811 – 12 June 1872) was a British physician, zoologist and botanist. He was a pioneering ornithologist who described numerous species of birds in India. Several species of plants (including the genus '' Je ...
.
Distribution
The Jerdon's bush chat has an extremely large range and is native to
Bangladesh,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
,
India,
Laos
Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
,
Nepal,
Thailand and
Vietnam. The species is possibly extinct in
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
The Sukla Phanta National Park in
Nepal represents the western limit of its distribution.
References
External links
BirdLife International: ''Jerdon's Bushchat''Xeno-canto: audio recordings of Jerdon's bush chat
Jerdon's bush chat
Birds of Northeast India
Birds of Laos
Birds of Myanmar
Jerdon's bush chat
Jerdon's bush chat
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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