Grey Bush Chat
Saxicola ferreus
灰林䳭
Distribution & Habitat
Found in the Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Nepal, and mainland Southeast Asia. Inhabits subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Has been observed at elevations up to 8,000 feet in the Kullu-Manali District of Himachal Pradesh, India.
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Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Saxicola
- eBird Code
- grybus1
Vocalizations
Subspecies (2)
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Saxicola ferreus ferreus
breeds in the Himalayas from northwestern Pakistan eastward to Myanmar, northwestern Thailand, north-central Laos, and central Vietnam (southern Annam), and (probably this subspecies) in southern China (southeastern Xizang, western and southern Yunnan); in winter to northern India, southern Myanmar, and southern Indochina
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Saxicola ferreus haringtoni
breeds southeastern China (northward to Gansu and Shaanxi eastward to Shanghai); winters to southern China and Indochina
Data Sources
Species description from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.