Myrmecocichla

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Myrmecocichla
Southern Anteater-Chat.jpg
Ant-eating chat
(Myrmecocichla formicivora)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myrmecocichla
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Oenanthe formicivora [1]
Vieillot, 1818

Myrmecocichla is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

The genus contains the following species: [2]

ImageCommon NameScientific NameDistribution
Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops) (45855335184).jpg Anteater chat Myrmecocichla aethiops Sahel and East African montane forests
Myrmecocichla tholloni, Tembe, Birding Weto, a.jpg Congo moor chat Myrmecocichla tholloniCentral Africa
Southern Anteater-Chat.jpg Ant-eating chat Myrmecocichla formicivorasouthern Africa
Mountain wheatear or mountain chat - male, Oenanthe monticola, at Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng, South Africa (15004138039).jpg Mountain chat Myrmecocichla monticolasouthern Africa
Sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra), Masai Mara, Kenya (52474969911).jpg Sooty chat Myrmecocichla nigracentral Africa
Myrmecocichla melaena, crop.jpg Rüppell's black chat Myrmecocichla melaena Ethiopian Highlands
- Ruaha chat Myrmecocichla collaris Albertine Rift montane forests and Tanzania
Arnot's Chat - Zambesi - Namibia 0016 (18784316634).jpg Arnot's chat Myrmecocichla arnotti Miombo woodlands

References

  1. "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.