Rüppell's Black Chat
Myrmecocichla melaena(Rüppell, WPES, 1837)
English (US) Rüppell's Black Chat
The Rüppell's Black Chat (Myrmecocichla melaena) 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: high plateau of Eritrea and northern EthiopiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmecocichla melaena
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rüppell's Black Chat
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola melaena
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1837)
- Type locality
- Alegua Mountain, Agame Province, Abyssinia.
- Original description
- Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel p.77 pl.28
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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