Top 12 Species of Chat and Robins in India
Robin and Chat birds belong to same Family of Muscicapidae or Old World flycatchers.
These are small arboreal insectivores bird and the family has exception with bluethroat, wheatear and rubythroat.
Indian Robin (Copsychus fulicatus)
Indian robin is the most common species of bird found in India, sexually dimorphic in plumage. They are commonly seen in open scrub areas and easily distinguishable from pied bushchats and Oriental magpie-robins.
Indian Blue Robin (Larvivora brunnea)
Indian blue robin is another small bird from the family Muscicapidae. The Indian blue chat spends winter in the hill forests of the Western Ghats of India.
Nilgiri Blue Robin (Sholicola major)
Nilgiri blue robin or Nilgiri shortwing is another species of robin bird found in India. This chat-like bird is endemic to the Shola forests of the hills of Western Ghats mainly in Palghat Gap and Nilgiri hills.
Oriental magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis)
Oriental magpie-robin’is song bird of India, The black and white bird considered as an Old World flycatcher. They are distinctive black and white birds and particularly well known for their songs.
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes)
The rufous-tailed scrub robin is larger than European robin and partially migratory bird, wintering in scrub forest of Gujarat and Rajasthan in Northern India.
White-tailed Robin (Myiomela leucura)
The white-tailed robin ranges includes the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent and lower Himalayas.
Himalayan Bluetail (Tarsiger rufilatus)
Himalayan bluetail or Himalayan bush-robin breeding in the Himalayas of India and considered to be an Old World flycatcher of Muscicapidae.
Red-flanked bluetail is another member of an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae family.
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica)
The bluethroat are often called chats, From the same family of Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. Bluethroat bird migrates to India from the northern regions of Europe and Asia.
Himalayan Rubythroat (Calliope pectoralis)
Himalayan rubythroat is only found along the Himalayan ranges from Afghanistan to India. The beautiful rubythroat bird found in thickets of shrub at altitudes of 2500 to 2700 m in Himalayan region.
Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti)
The desert wheatear is a member of the thrush family and one of the species of wheatears found in India.
Desert National Park in Rajasthan is home to maximum number of wheatears in India, including below.
Isabelline wheatear, red-tailed wheatear, variable wheatear, desert wheatear, Pied wheatear, Northern wheatears
Brown Rock Chat (Oenanthe fusca)
Indian chat from the family of Muscicapidae and found mainly in northern and central India. The brown rock chat sometimes resembles a female Indian robin but differs in posture and behaviour.
Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maurus)
Siberian stonechat is a thrush-like flycatcher bird with closest living relative of European stonechat.
The migratory bird coming to India during the winter season and one of the species of chat bird found in India.
Pied bush chat is a black and white color small bird that found from Asia and the Indian subcontinent. This species is also closely related to the European stonechat.
