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Indian Chat

Oenanthe fusca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Keoladeo National Park
213 Verified records at Keoladeo National Park
August 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 →

10–20% of wildlife watchers report a Indian Chat sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 213 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Keoladeo National Park

Desert Wheatear
LC

Desert Wheatear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oenanthe deserti

<5% · Rare
Isabelline Wheatear
LC

Isabelline Wheatear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Oenanthe isabellina

<5% · Rare
Variable Wheatear
LC

Variable Wheatear

Bird

Oenanthe picata

Insufficient data
Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

70–80% · Very likely
Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

60–70% · Likely
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

50–60% · Likely
Bluethroat
LC Endemic

Bluethroat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Luscinia svecica

40–50% · Likely
Red-breasted Flycatcher
LC

Red-breasted Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula parva

30–40% · Possible
Black Redstart
LC

Black Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus ochruros

20–30% · Possible
Taiga Flycatcher
LC

Taiga Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula albicilla

10–20% · With luck
Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola maurus

10–20% · With luck
Siberian Rubythroat

Siberian Rubythroat

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Luscinia calliope

5–10% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
10–20
Feb
10–20
Mar
<5
Apr
10–20
May
10–20
Jun
5–10
Jul
20–30
Aug
10–20
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 Keoladeo National Park?

About 11% of wildlife watchers report a Indian Chat sighting in Keoladeo National Park, based on 213 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

August has the highest sighting rate for Indian Chat in Keoladeo National Park in our monthly data.

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