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white-throated bush chat,Saxicola insignis,Hodgson's bushchat

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white-throated bush chat   ( Saxicola insignis ), Hodgson's bushchat , Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh Nikon Gears Full screen mode recommended for details. *Extreamely rare sighting,only few record sighting in last 10 years from India* This  is an  Old World flycatcher  in the genus  Saxicola . It is  IUCN Red Listed  as  Vulnerable  by  BirdLife International . In 2001, the global population has been estimated at between 3,500 and 15,000 individuals. The major threat appears to be the rapid loss of grasslands in its wintering areas. It winters in the  Nepal  and  Indian   Terai  and in the  Dooars . In this region, it has been recorded in  Jim Corbett ,  Shuklaphanta ,  Chitwan ,  Kaziranga , and  Manas National Parks  and in  Lumbini Crane Sanctuary . It prefers wet and dry grasslands, reeds and  tamarisks  along riverbeds...