Grey Bush Chat
Saxicola ferreusGray, JE; Gray, GR, 1847
English (US) Gray Bush Chat
UK name: Grey Bush Chat
The Grey Bush Chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Saxicola ferreus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Gray Bush Chat
- English (UK)
- Grey Bush Chat
- Described by
- Gray, JE; Gray, GR, 1847
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Saxicola ferreus ferreus
- Saxicola ferreus haringtoni
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola ferrea
- Described by
- Gray, JE; Gray, GR, 1847
- Type locality
- Nepal.
- Original description
- Catalogue of the specimens and drawings of mammalia and birds of Nepal and Thibet. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. to the British Museum p.71,153
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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White-bellied Bush Chat
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White-browed Bush Chat
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White-throated Bush Chat
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