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title: "Traquet bistré"
description: "Oenanthe fusca — Oiseaux. The brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca) or Indian chat is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/brown-rock-chat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Traquet bistré

> Oenanthe fusca — Oiseaux. The brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca) or Indian chat is a bird species of the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe fusca*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `urban` (Villes et jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 1989
- Wikidata: [Q12265002](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12265002)
- iNaturalist taxon: [980211](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980211)

## Names

- en: Brown Rock Chat
- de: Braunschmätzer
- es: Colinegro Indio
- fr: Traquet bistré
- pl: Białorzytka piargowa

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1474), PK (47), NP (24)

## Summary

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. It was formerly placed as the sole species in the genus Cercomela but is now included with the wheatears in the genus Oenanthe.
In central India, the local name of Shama has been noted.

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

## Photo

![Traquet bistré](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/brown-rock-chat/medium.jpg)

Photo: S.MORE · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/72618722

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/brown-rock-chat?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).