White-bellied Bush Chat

Saxicola gutturalis (Vieillot, 1818)

13–15 cmLength15 gWeight

The white-bellied bush chat (Saxicola gutturalis) is a small bird belonging to the family Muscicapidae, which includes the Old World species of flycatchers.

Busiest months: October · Most records: Timor-Leste

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

White-bellied Bush Chat has been recorded at 14 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Lagoa MaubaraTimor-Leste25 records
DareTimor-Leste14 records
Nino Konis Santana NP – BridgeTimor-Leste8 records

More places

Baucau Plateau – Triloka forestTimor-Leste7 records
Lake Laga salt lake, Masin Fatuk, NuniraTimor-Leste6 records
Remexio, AileuTimor-Leste5 records
Com Plateau – Point 1Timor-Leste3 records
Seical river estuary, SeicalTimor-Leste2 records
Loes River estuaryTimor-Leste2 records
Comoro River Tributary Near RailacoTimor-Leste1 record

Countries and regions with the most records

Timor-Leste

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The white-bellied bush chat (Saxicola gutturalis) is a small bird belonging to the family Muscicapidae, which includes the Old World species of flycatchers. This species is found in parts of Southeast Asia, where it inhabits dry grasslands, open scrublands, and lightly wooded areas. Though sometimes considered locally common, particularly on Timor Island, where it can occupy as much as 20% of the landscape, with some areas having about roughly one breeding pair per hectare.

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