Congo Moor Chat
Myrmecocichla tholloni(Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1886)
English (US) Congo Moor Chat
The Congo Moor Chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni) 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: Gabon to southern Angola, Central African Republic, and western Democratic Republic of the CongoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Myrmecocichla tholloni
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Congo Moor Chat
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1886)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola Tholloni
- Described by
- (Oustalet, J-FÉ, 1886)
- Type locality
- Leketi, on the Alima River, French Congo.
- Original description
- Le Naturaliste 8 p.300
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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