The white-browed bush chat (''Saxicola macrorhynchus''),''Saxicola'' is masculine leading to the species epithet ending in ''-us'' also known as Stoliczka's bushchat, is an

Old World flycatcher The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and Norther ...

in the genus '' Saxicola''. The alternative name is after the discoverer, geologist and explorer

Ferdinand Stoliczka Ferdinand Stoliczka (Czech written Stolička, 7 June 1838 – 19 June 1874) was a Moravian palaeontologist who worked in India on paleontology, geology and various aspects of zoology, including ornithology, malacology, and herpetology. He died of ...

. This desert specialist has a small, declining population because of agricultural intensification and encroachment, which qualifies it as vulnerable. The white-browed bush chat is found in an area of semi-arid country in north-western

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and eastern

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. It has apparently strayed as far east as the Bharatpur area of

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and as far south as

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and

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, with two simultaneous historical records from southern

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Gallery

File:Stolizka.jpg, Stolickza's bushchat File:White browed bush chat.jpg, The puff and roll display of white-browed bush chat in Kutch region,

File:Side view of S. B.jpg, Stolickza's bushchat at Kutch

Notes

References

Other sources

BirdLife Species Factsheet.Red-Data Book Species Information
*Urquhart, E. & Bowley, A. 2002. ''Stonechats. A Guide to the Genus Saxicola''. Helm. {{Taxonbar, from=Q1590417 white-browed bush chat Birds of Afghanistan Birds of India Birds of Pakistan white-browed bush chat