Muscicapidae
Oenanthe leucopyga (C.L.Brehm, 1855)
Oenanthe leucopyga (C.L.Brehm, 1855)
Oenanthe leucopyga is a 17–18 cm large desert-breeding wheatear with mostly black plumage, white rump, tail, and adult white crown, eating insects.
Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1884)
Oenanthe cypriaca (Homeyer, 1884)
Oenanthe cypriaca, the Cyprus wheatear, is a small migratory passerine bird that breeds only in Cyprus.
Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)
Oenanthe isabellina (Temminck, 1829)
Oenanthe isabellina, the isabelline wheatear, is a small migratory bird that favors arid open sandy habitats.
Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789)
Oenanthe leucura (Gmelin, 1789)
Oenanthe leucura, the black wheatear, is a 16–18 cm wheatear with distinct plumage and a loud thrush-like song.
Oenanthe pileata (Gmelin, 1789)
Oenanthe pileata (Gmelin, 1789)
Oenanthe pileata, the capped wheatear, is a distinct African bird found in open dry habitats across southern Africa.
Oenanthe monacha (Temminck, 1825)
Oenanthe monacha (Temminck, 1825)
Oenanthe monacha, the hooded wheatear, is a small desert-dwelling bird that feeds on insects.
Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)
Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)
Oenanthe deserti, the desert wheatear, is a small passerine bird with distinct plumage by age and sex, found across arid regions of Africa and Asia.
Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
Oenanthe albonigra, or Hume's wheatear, is a large wheatear with distinct black-and-white plumage that differs from similar forms.
Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)
Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)
Oenanthe chrysopygia is a small drab-plumaged wheatear that breeds across western to central Asia and winters further south.
Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)
Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)
The Abyssinian wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) is a sexually dichromatic dark bird found in rocky habitats across northeastern Africa.
Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)
Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)
Oenanthe familiaris, the familiar chat, is a small 14–15 cm dumpy short-tailed bird with distinct plumage and specific vocalizations.
Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)
Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)
Oenanthe fusca, the brown rock chat, is a 17 cm brown passerine nearly endemic to northern South Asia.
Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)
Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)
Oenanthe melanura, the blackstart, is a small bird with defined plumage traits and a known distribution in parts of the Middle East.
Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Guldenstadt, 1775)
Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Guldenstadt, 1775)
Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca is a wheatear subspecies with distinct plumage differences by sex, season, and from related wheatears.
Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)
Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)
Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi is a subspecies of northern wheatear, a small bird with distinct plumage traits and vocalizations.
Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850
Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850
The anteater chat is a Muscicapidae bird found across the Sahel and East African montane forests, with recorded nesting in abandoned Nigerian wells.
Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)
Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)
Myrmecocichla formicivora is a sexually dimorphic species with distinct male and female plumage and coloration.
Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)
Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)
Myrmecocichla nigra is a small stocky African chat with distinct male and female plumage, found across a wide grassland range.
Pentholaea arnotti (Tristram, 1869)
Pentholaea arnotti (Tristram, 1869)
Pentholaea arnotti, or Arnot's chat, is a 16–18 cm sexually dimorphic bird found across southern African open woodlands.
Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818
Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818
Oenanthe monticola, the mountain chat, is a non-migratory resident bird found in rocky habitats across southern Africa.
Dessonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)
Dessonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)
Dessonornis caffer, the Cape robin-chat, is an African robin-chat species native to eastern and southern upland Africa.
Cossypha humeralis (A.Smith, 1836)
Cossypha humeralis (A.Smith, 1836)
The white-throated robin-chat is a Muscicapidae bird endemic to southern Africa, living in dry savannah and dry shrubland.
Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)
Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)
The brown scrub robin is a Muscicapidae bird species found in southern Africa, living in subtropical dry or moist forests.
Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)
Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)
Erythropygia quadrivirgata is a small passerine bird native to southern and eastern Africa with distinct patterned plumage.
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