Myrmecocichla
Myrmecocichla | |
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Ant-eating chat Myrmecocichla formicivora | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850 |
Synonyms | |
Thamnolaea |
Myrmecocichla is a genus of chat bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Thamnolaea is a synonym.[1][2]
It contains the following species:
- Anteater chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
- White-fronted black chat (Myrmecocichla albifrons)
- Arnot's chat (Myrmecocichla arnoti)
- Ruaha chat (Myrmecocichla collaris)
- Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
- Rüppell's black chat (Myrmecocichla melaena)
- Congo moor chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni)
- Sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)