Buff-streaked chat

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Buff-streaked chat
Buff-streaked chat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) male Malolotja.jpg
male in Eswatini
Song recorded near God's Window, Blyde River Canyon Nature Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Campicoloides
Roberts, 1922
Species:
C. bifasciatus
Binomial name
Campicoloides bifasciatus
(Temminck, 1829)
Synonyms

Saxicola bifasciata (Temminck, 1829)
Saxicola bifasciatus (Clements 6.3.2, 2008)
Oenanthe bifasciata

The buff-streaked chat or buff-streaked bushchat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, South Africa, and Eswatini. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Campicoloides bifasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T22710231A94240057. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710231A94240057.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.