Brown-tailed Rock Chat
Oenanthe scotocerca(Heuglin, MT, 1873)
English (US) Brown-tailed Rock Chat
The Brown-tailed Rock Chat (Oenanthe scotocerca) 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 scotocerca
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown-tailed Rock Chat
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 5 subspecies for this species.
- Oenanthe scotocerca furensis
- Oenanthe scotocerca scotocerca
- Oenanthe scotocerca turkana
- Oenanthe scotocerca spectatrix
- Oenanthe scotocerca validior
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Saxicola scotocerca
- Described by
- (Heuglin, MT, 1873)
- Type locality
- near Keren, Bogosland.
- Original description
- Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's, der Nilquellen- und Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres und des nördlichen Somal-Landes 1 p.363
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Familiar Chat
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Sombre Rock Chat
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Brown Rock Chat
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Variable Wheatear
Oenanthe picata
Hume's Wheatear
Oenanthe albonigra
Finsch's Wheatear
Oenanthe finschii
Mourning Wheatear
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