Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti)

Other Scientific Names
Pentholaea arnotti, Thamnolaea arnotti

Other Names (World)
Arnot's Chat, White-headed Black-Chat, Arnott's Chat, Arnott's Black-chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Tristram, 1869)

Range (Guide)

Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) [XC625567]
by Nature sounds by Simply Birding from Kruger Park (near Kruger National Park), Mopani, Limpopo, South Africa (call)

Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) [XC699386]
by Hans Matheve from Mwekera College Forest, Copperbelt Province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes placed in genus Thamnolaea or Myrmecocichla. Subspecies harterti distinctive. If vocally different, may merit species status.

Proposed subspecies leucolaema (Rwanda and Burundi) merged with nominate.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

harterti Neunzig, 1926 - Angola.
arnotti (Tristram, 1869) - Rwanda and Burundi south to Zambia, central Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Arnots Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) - 10 files

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