The major threat appears to be the rapid loss of grasslands in its wintering areas.

In this region, it has been recorded in Jim Corbett, Shuklaphanta, Chitwan, Kaziranga, and Manas National Parks and in Lumbini Crane Sanctuary.

It prefers wet and dry grasslands, reeds and tamarisks along riverbeds, and also occurs in sugarcane fields.

In spring and summer, it breeds in the alpine or sub-alpine meadows and scrub in the mountains of Mongolia and adjacent parts of Russia.

[2] During a survey carried out in the Shuklaphanta National Park, a total of 19 white-throated bush chats were recorded in January 2005, and a year later only eight males.