Chat Flycatcher
Agricola infuscatus(Smith, A, 1839)
English (US) Chat Flycatcher
The Chat Flycatcher (Agricola infuscatus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Agricola infuscatus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Chat Flycatcher
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Agricola infuscatus benguellensis
- Agricola infuscatus namaquensis
- Agricola infuscatus placidus
- Agricola infuscatus seimundi
- Agricola infuscatus infuscatus
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola infuscata
- Described by
- (Smith, A, 1839)
- Type locality
- between the Olifants and Orange Rivers, South Africa; restricted to Booisberg, near Nuwerus, western Cape Province, by Winterbottom, 1958, Ostrich, 29, p. 157.
- Original description
- Illustrations of the zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of figures and descriptions of the objects of natural history collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836 pt.7 pl.28,text
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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