Arnot's Chat
Myrmecocichla arnotti(Tristram, HB, 1869)
English (US) Arnot's Chat
The Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) 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
- Myrmecocichla arnotti
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Arnot's Chat
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1869)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Myrmecocichla arnotti arnotti
- Myrmecocichla arnotti harterti
- Myrmecocichla arnotti collaris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola arnotti
- Described by
- (Tristram, HB, 1869)
- Type locality
- Adam Kok's New Land [= Victoria Falls, northwestern Southern Rhodesia, vide Mackworth-Praed and Grant, 1942, Ibis, p. 521].
- Original description
- Ibis ser.2, vol.5, no.18 p.206 pl.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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