Familiar Chat
Oenanthe familiaris(Wilkes, J, 1817)
English (US) Familiar Chat
The Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris) 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
- Oenanthe familiaris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Familiar Chat
- Described by
- (Wilkes, J, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 7 subspecies for this species.
- Oenanthe familiaris falkensteini
- Oenanthe familiaris omoensis
- Oenanthe familiaris angolensis
- Oenanthe familiaris galtoni
- Oenanthe familiaris hellmayri
- Oenanthe familiaris actuosa
- Oenanthe familiaris familiaris
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Motacilla familiaris
- Described by
- (Wilkes, J, 1817)
- Type locality
- Southern Africa, ex Levaillant; restricted to Table Mountain, southwestern Cape Province, by Macdonald, 1957, Contrib. Orn. W. South Africa, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), p. 129.
- Original description
- Encyclopædia Londinensis; or universal dictionary of arts, sciences and literature 16 p.86
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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