Ant-eating Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora(Wilkes, J, 1817)
English (US) Ant-eating Chat
The Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) 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.
Range: Namibia to Botswana and South AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ant-eating Chat
- Described by
- (Wilkes, J, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla formicivora
- Described by
- (Wilkes, J, 1817)
- Type locality
- Pays des Cafres = Sunday's River, eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant, 1805, Oiseaux Afrique, 4, pis. 186, 187.
- Original description
- Encyclopædia Londinensis; or universal dictionary of arts, sciences and literature 16 p.88
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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