The Pied Bushchat is slightly smaller than the Siberian Stonechat, Saxicola maurus, although it has a similar dumpy structure and upright stance. The male is black except for a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. The iris is dark brown, the bill and legs black. The female is drab brown and slightly streaked. Juveniles have a scaly appearance on the underside but dark above like the females.
Not Threatened
The Pied Bushchat is slightly smaller than the Siberian Stonechat, Saxicola maurus, although it has a similar dumpy structure and upright stance. The male is black except for a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. The iris is dark brown, the bill and legs black. The female is drab brown and slightly streaked. Juveniles have a scaly appearance on the underside but dark above like the females.
(source: Handbook of the Birds of World)
Subspecies and Distribution:
- * rossorum (Hartert, 1910) - NE Iran SC Kazakhstan S to Afghanistan; non-breeding SW Asia (vagrant Arabia, Israel). * bicolor Sykes, 1832 - SE Iran, Pakistan and N India; non-breeding C India. * burmanicus Stuart Baker, 1922 - C & SE India E to Myanmar and S China (S Sichuan, Yunnan), S to Thailand and Indochina. * nilgiriensis Whistler, 1940 - SW India. * atratus (Blyth, 1851) - Sri Lanka. * caprata (Linnaeus, 1766) - Luzon and Mindoro, in N Philippines. * randi Parkes, 1960 - C Philippines (Panay, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Siquijor). * anderseni Salomonsen, 1953 - Leyte and Mindanao, in E & S Philippines. * fruticola Horsfield, 1821 - Java E to Flores and Alor. * francki Rensch, 1931 - Sumba I. * pyrrhonotus (Vieillot, 1818) - E Lesser Sundas (Wetar, Kisar, Timor, Savu, Roti). * albonotatus (Stresemann, 1912) - Sulawesi (except N peninsula) and Salayer I. * cognatus Mayr, 1944 - Babar I. * belensis Rand, 1940 - WC New Guinea. * aethiops (P. L. Sclater, 1880) - N New Guinea and Bismarck Archipelago. * wahgiensis Mayr & Gilliard, 1951 - EC & E New Guinea.