---
title: "Grauschmätzer"
description: "Saxicola ferreus — Vögel. The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/grey-bushchat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Grauschmätzer

> Saxicola ferreus — Vögel. The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Saxicola ferreus*
- Category: `birds` (Vögel)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 3375
- Wikidata: [Q1588157](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1588157)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73361](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73361)

## Names

- en: Grey Bushchat
- de: Grauschmätzer
- es: Tarabilla gris
- fr: Tarier gris
- pl: Kląskawka szara

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1408), NP (368), CN (312), VN (299), TH (266), BT (80), HK (55), MM (38), PK (20), TW (15), MO (6), LA (4)

## Summary

The grey bush chat (Saxicola ferreus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in the Himalayas, southern China, Taiwan, Nepal and mainland Southeast Asia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_bush_chat

## Photo

![Grauschmätzer](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/grey-bushchat/medium.jpg)

Photo: observe-syz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/298679286

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/grey-bushchat?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).