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Indian Chat

Oenanthe fusca

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
10–20% · With luck
overall probability at Satpura National Park
93 Verified records at Satpura National Park
September 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 Satpura National Park, based on 93 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Satpura National Park

Oriental Magpie-Robin
LC

Oriental Magpie-Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Copsychus saularis

40–50% · Likely
Indian Robin

Indian Robin

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicoloides fulicatus

30–40% · Possible
Tickell's Blue Flycatcher
LC Endemic

Tickell's Blue Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Cyornis tickelliae

20–30% · Possible
Black Redstart
LC

Black Redstart

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Phoenicurus ochruros

20–30% · Possible
Red-breasted Flycatcher
LC

Red-breasted Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula parva

20–30% · Possible
Siberian Stonechat

Siberian Stonechat

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Saxicola maurus

10–20% · With luck
Pied Bushchat
LC

Pied Bushchat

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Saxicola caprata

10–20% · With luck
Taiga Flycatcher
LC

Taiga Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ficedula albicilla

5–10% · With luck
Malabar Whistling-Thrush
LC Endemic

Malabar Whistling-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Myophonus horsfieldii

<5% · Rare
Ultramarine Flycatcher
LC

Ultramarine Flycatcher

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Ficedula superciliaris

<5% · Rare
Verditer Flycatcher
LC

Verditer Flycatcher

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Eumyias thalassinus

<5% · Rare
Blue Rock-Thrush
LC

Blue Rock-Thrush

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Monticola solitarius

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

10–20
Jan
5–10
Feb
10–20
Mar
10–20
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
20–30
Jul
10–20
Aug
20–30
Sep
5–10
Oct
<5
Nov
20–30
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 Satpura National Park?

About 11% of wildlife watchers report a Indian Chat sighting in Satpura National Park, based on 93 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

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

September has the highest sighting rate for Indian Chat in Satpura National Park in our monthly data.

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