Ant-eating chat

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Ant-eating chat
Southern Anteater-Chat.jpg
Male
Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) female.jpg
Female
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myrmecocichla
Species:
M. formicivora
Binomial name
Myrmecocichla formicivora
(Wilkes, 1817)

The ant-eating chat or southern anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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Description

The species is sexually dimorphic with the male almost entirely black and the female brown with a grey bill and legs.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Myrmecocichla formicivora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22710409A131881042. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710409A131881042.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.