Pied Bushchat

Males are black with white shoulder and vent patches, females mostly brownish, and juveniles speckled (Wikipedia, general species account). They pick up insects mainly from the ground, and were, like other chats, placed in the thrush family Turdidae. are now considered as Old World flycatchers. The males are black with white shoulder and vent patches whose extent varies among populations. Females are predominantly brownish while juveniles are speckled. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Pied Bushchat is a small passerine ranging from West and Central Asia to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, with about sixteen subspecies including many island forms. It is a familiar bird of countryside, open scrub and grassland, perched on the tops of short thorn trees or shrubs watching for insect prey, which it picks up mainly from the ground (Wikipedia, general species account). It nests in cavities in stone walls or holes in an embankment, lining the nest with grass and animal hair. (Wikipedia, general species account).