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The Pied bush chat (Saxicola caprata) is a bird found in India and Thailand. Open land, farms and scrub across South and Southeast Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Pied bush chat lives

Open land, farms and scrub across South and Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs90%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Pied bush chat

Recorded by Dipendra Maharshi (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1176176. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pied bush chat

Where does the Pied bush chat live?

The Pied bush chat lives in India and Thailand. Open land, farms and scrub across South and Southeast Asia.

What does the Pied bush chat eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pied bush chat endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• White-throated wren-babbler
• Indian skimmer
• Giant nuthatch
• White-browed nuthatch
• White-tipped monarch
• Chinese crested tern

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.