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Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

Includes White-crowned Chliff Chat

[edit] Identification

Length 20-23 cm; mass 46-51 g.

Adult male: Glossy black, with rufous rump and belly, and white carpal (wrist) patch. Eye dark brown; bill, legs and feet black.

Adult female: Slaty black where male glossy black; deep chestnut where male rufous; no white patch on wing.

Immature: Similar to adults, but duller.

[edit] Distribution

Africa south of the Sahara.

[edit] Taxonomy

8 subspecies accepted.
Coronata is sometimes split as full species, White-crowned Cliff-Chat.

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[edit] Behaviour

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