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 LC    Mountain Wheatear* Id (Atlas):
    Myrmecocichla monticola

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Mountain Wheatear, Mountain Chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
18 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Range (Guide)
Angola, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland.

Vagrant to Botswana.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A clear, thrush-like, whistling song, interspersed with harsh chatters.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (24)...)

 
Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) [XC599132]
     by Meena Haribal from Emthanjeni Local Municipality, Bo-Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa (call)

 
Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) [XC346912]
     by Dawie de Swardt from Namibgrens guest farm, Namibia (call)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies griseiceps (from eastern Northern Cape, in South Africa) synonymized with nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • nigricauda (Traylor, 1961)   -  Southern Cuanza Sul and Huambo, in western Angola.
  • albipileata (Barboza du Bocage, 1867)   -  Coastal south-western Angola southern from Benguela.
  • atmorii (Tristram, 1869)   -  Western Namibia.
  • monticola (Vieillot, 1818)   -  Southern Namibia, South Africa (east to central northern Province and western KwaZulu-Natal), western Swaziland and Lesotho.



References
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Files:
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