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Indian Chat

Oenanthe fusca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
5–10% · With luck
overall probability at Jim Corbett National Park
177 Verified records at Jim Corbett National Park
January Best month highest sighting rate
🌅 Crepuscular When it's active at dawn and dusk

The brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca) or Indian chat is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae. It is found mainly in northern and central India. It is often found in old buildings and rocky areas. It resembles a female Indian robin but lacks the reddish vent and differs in posture and behaviour apart from being larger. In flight it bears some resemblance to thrushes and redstarts. It feeds on insects, captured mainly on the ground. Wikipedia →

5–10% of wildlife watchers report a Indian Chat sighting in Jim Corbett National Park, based on 177 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Jim Corbett National Park

Variable Wheatear
LC

Variable Wheatear

Bird

Oenanthe picata

Insufficient data
Blue Whistling-Thrush
LC

Blue Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus caeruleus

50–60% · Likely
Grey Bushchat
LC

Grey Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola ferreus

40–50% · Likely
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

40–50% · Likely
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

30–40% · Possible
Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola maurus

30–40% · Possible
Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

20–30% · Possible
Plumbeous Water Redstart
LC Endemic

Plumbeous Water Redstart

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Phoenicurus fuliginosus

20–30% · Possible
White-capped Redstart

White-capped Redstart

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Chaimarrornis leucocephalus

20–30% · Possible
Slaty-blue Flycatcher
LC

Slaty-blue Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ficedula tricolor

10–20% · With luck
Rufous-bellied Niltava
LC

Rufous-bellied Niltava

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Niltava sundara

5–10% · With luck
White-tailed Rubythroat

White-tailed Rubythroat

Bird

Luscinia pectoralis

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
<5
Mar
5–10
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
<5
Jul
5–10
Aug
5–10
Sep
10–20
Oct
10–20
Nov
5–10
Dec

🌅 When They're Spotted

Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)

🌅Crepuscular
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
2 Keoladeo National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
3 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
10–20%
4 Jim Corbett National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
5 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
6 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Indian Chat in Jim Corbett National Park?

About 9% of wildlife watchers report a Indian Chat sighting in Jim Corbett National Park, based on 177 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Indian Chat in Jim Corbett National Park?

January has the highest sighting rate for Indian Chat in Jim Corbett National Park in our monthly data.

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