Saxicoloides fulicatus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Indian robin (Copsychus fulicatus) is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is widespread in the Indian subcontinent and ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The males of the northern subspecies have brown backs whose extent gradually reduces southwards, with the males of the southern subspecies having all-black backs. They are commonly found in open scrub areas and often seen running along the ground or perching on low thorny shrubs and rocks. The long tail is usually held up and the chestnut undertail coverts and dark body make them easily distinguishable from pied bushchats and Oriental magpie-robins.
In 1760, the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the Indian robin in his Ornithologie based on a specimen that he mistakenly believed had been collected in the Philippines. He used the French name Le grand traquet des Philippines and the Latin Rubetra Philippensis Major. Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated... Wikipedia →
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yala National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Udawalawe National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 3 | Gir National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 4 | Wilpattu National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 5 | Keoladeo National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Ranthambore National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Minneriya National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 8 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 9 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 10 | Mudumalai National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 11 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Bandipur National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 13 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 15 | Nagarhole National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 17 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 18 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 19 | Periyar National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Robin sighting in Meerut on a given day, based on 16 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 29th most-seen of the 51 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 50% of wildlife watchers report an Indian Robin in Meerut on a given day, against under 5% in March and November, the lowest months. That is one of Meerut's driest months, with about 15 mm of rain against 240 mm in July. February, May and August–September have too few records to rate.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Indian Robin sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
38th of 56
Of the 56 cities where we can rate Indian Robin sightings, Meerut ranks 38th at about 10%. The best odds are in Solapur (India, about 80%), Nashik (India, about 70%) and Raipur (India, about 70%).
Same family: Muscicapidae
The closest relatives of the Indian Robin that you can see in Meerut (family Muscicapidae, Old World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats) are Oriental Magpie-Robin (about 30%) and Indian Chat (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Indian Robin is recorded against all the birds logged in Meerut (16 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
