Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-bellied Bushchat (Saxicola gutturalis) - HBW 10, p. 786
French: Tarier à gorge blanche
German: Timorschmätzer
Spanish: Tarabilla de Timor
Other common names: White-bellied Chat, Timor Bushchat
Taxonomy: Oenanthe gutturalis Vieillot, 1818, New Holland; error = Timor.
Possibly closest to S. ferreus, but behaviour and ecology suggest that it may merit separate generic placement. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- gutturalis (Vieillot, 1818) - Timor, and probably Roti I.
- luctuosus Bonaparte, 1850 - Semau I, off SW Timor.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Poor / partly obscured video of perched bird Locality West Timor (Indonesia), Timor, Lesser Sundas (ssp gutturalis)
mark sutton 15 June 2009 2 years ago 11 sec 2
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A perched bird.
Locality Timor, Lesser Sundas (ssp gutturalis)
mehdhalaouate 13 April 2008 2 years ago 3.5
- No sound recordings available yet
