Ant-eating chat
Male
Female
Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myrmecocichla
Species:
M. formicivora
Binomial name
Myrmecocichla formicivora
(Wilkes, 1817)

The ant-eating chat or southern anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.

Description

The species is sexually dimorphic with the male is almost entirely black while the female is brown with a grey bill and legs.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2018). "Myrmecocichla formicivora". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710409A131881042. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710409A131881042.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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