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Pied Bushchat - Male


Pied Bushchat - Male
Photo Information
Copyright: Arjun Haarith (Arjun) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 290 W: 3 N: 715] (3316)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-13
Categories: Birds
Camera: Nikon D200, Sigma 100-300 f/4 EX HSM
Exposure: f/8, 1/500 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-01-23 9:03
Viewed: 444
Points: 38
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Muscicapidae

Genus: Saxicola

Species: S. caprata


Binomial name
Saxicola caprata
Linnaeus, 1766

The Pied Bushchat Saxicola caprata is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It, and similar small species in the family, are often called chats

It is a resident breeder in tropical southern Asia from the Greater Middle East through Pakistan, India and Bangladesh eastwards to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

It is found in open habitats like scrub, rough grassland and cultivation. It builds its nest in a hole in a wall or similar site, and lays 2-5 eggs.

The Pied Bushchat is slightly smaller than the Siberian Stonechat, Saxicola maura, although it has a similar dumpy structure and upright stance. The male is black except for a white rump, wing patch and lower belly. The males of the race S. c. bicolor have vermiculated dark grey upperparts. This species is apparently fairly close to the European-African Stonechat complex (Wink et al., 2002).

The female has dark brown upperparts and rufous underparts and rump. She has no white wing patches. Juveniles are similar to females.

This species is insectivorous, and like other chats hunts from a prominent low perch

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Hi Arjun,
Beautiful bird, very nicely captured. Perfect exposure.
Thanks for sharing.
- Nirmal

Arjun,

Very nice image of the Bushchat,
Lovely colors,
Great bg,
Very well done,

fototab

Hi.
Mundedhe, chennagidhe,
very good composition and lighting. exposure is perfect. well done.

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  • jaycee Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1681 W: 8 N: 4318] (14043)
  • [2008-01-23 9:50]

Hi Arjun,

A superb shot of this Bushchat. The lighting is just wonderful. A beautiful black with nice sharp details of the face and plummage. They eye is spectacular. A lovely background and composition.

Jane

Hello Arjun,
You captured and presented this black glossy bird greatly. I like its POV, details, sharpness, composition and lovely looking face. Of corse eye contact, splendid colored BG and lighting great. thanks for sharing. best wishes
Ahmet

Hi Arjun,
Excellent portrait of this passerine!
I like the pose, composition made with the flower and the nicely blurred background.
The picture definitively has character.
Very well done and thanks for share it.
Warm regards,
JM

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  • Adanac Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1036 W: 1 N: 3967] (13346)
  • [2008-01-23 12:01]

Hello Arjun,
Great job at getting so much detail in the black plummage. The composition and poinr of view are superb as well. Very well done Arjun.

Hi Arjun,
excellent shot and excellent note on the bird,very vivid pic with excellent colors.
Rishabh

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  • Jamesp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1205 W: 0 N: 4610] (13714)
  • [2008-01-23 23:21]

Hi Arjun

Wonderful POV with excellent colour and detail. The exposure is well handled.

TFS

James

Hi Arjun

All black birds are not easy to capture, you've done very well here.
Well composed with good sharpness and DOF.

Chris

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  • SelenE Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2304 W: 59 N: 3674] (11774)
  • [2008-01-24 5:49]

Hi Arjun,
Light, pose you captured, POV, composition and colors look very nice. TFS
Best wishes,
Selen

Hi Arjun,
This is such a beautiful specie. Exposure, composition and tones of colors are superb! You caught nice details, lovely catch-light in his eye and I love the colors of the background! Thanks,
Claudine

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  • dejo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 354 W: 51 N: 475] (2048)
  • [2008-01-24 11:32]

Hi Arjun,
beautiful bird captured, this is great close-up pic with great details and lovely pose
nice composition and great details
best regards, Dejan

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  • NinaM Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 544 W: 0 N: 1338] (4443)
  • [2008-01-24 16:54]

hello Arjun, wonderful picture of this black bird. You managed to capture a lot of details in the black feather and that is hard to do. The light is beautiful, the branch also, and the background is smooth and velvety, I like it. Fantastic shot of a beauty!

Francine

Hi Arjun,

Excellent shot of this beautiful bird
Lovely compo with perfect sharpnes, fine details and great colors
Superb POV, DOF and BG

TFS Thijs

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  • EOSF1 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1292 W: 104 N: 4589] (20415)
  • [2008-01-27 8:45]

Hello Arjun, great shot of this bird, it's hard to get a good shot of a black bird but you've done great ! Well somposed, good technique, everything is fine, thanks !

Mario

bonjour arjun
superbe image,le BG est vraiment tres bien pour mettre en valeur cet oiseau.c'est net et detaillé.
tres bien.
laurent

Hello Arjun
Very intersting shot of this tiny Pied Bushchat,
Great details,BG and exposure,Welldone.

Good Luck
Fartash

Hello Arjun
This is a fantastic bird and one that I have never seen before.
You have framed this perfectly with superb sharp details which a re highlighted so well against a lovely BG.
Great Informative notes.
Best Regards
Paul

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