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[[Image:Mocking_Cliff_Chat.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Leon|Leon}}<br />Mount Grace (100km west of Johannesburg), [[South Africa]], December 2003]] | [[Image:Mocking_Cliff_Chat.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo by {{user|Leon|Leon}}<br />Mount Grace (100km west of Johannesburg), [[South Africa]], December 2003]] | ||
;[[:Category:Thamnolaea|Thamnolaea]] cinnamomeiventris | ;[[:Category:Thamnolaea|Thamnolaea]] cinnamomeiventris | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
[[Image:Mocking Cliff Chat Female3 Kruger Santara 20161025.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|WickWelsh|WickWelsh}}<br />[[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]], October 2016]] | [[Image:Mocking Cliff Chat Female3 Kruger Santara 20161025.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|WickWelsh|WickWelsh}}<br />[[Kruger National Park]], [[South Africa]], October 2016]] | ||
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- Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris
Includes White-crowned Cliff Chat
Identification
Length 19–21 cm (7½ in); mass 46-51 g.
Adult male:
- Glossy black overall plumage
- Rufous rump and belly
- White carpal (wrist) patch
- Dark brown eye
- Black bill, legs and feet
Adult female:
- Slaty black (where male glossy black)
- Deep chestnut (where male rufous)
- Lacks white patch on wing
Immature: Similar to adults, but duller.
Distribution
Africa south of the Sahara.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
8 subspecies accepted.
- T. c. bambarae:
- Mali (Mandingo Mountains)
- T. c. coronata:
- Togo and south-eastern Burkina Faso to northern Cameroon and western Sudan (Darfur)
- T. c. kordofanensis:
- Central Sudan (Kordofan and Nuba Hills)
- T. c. albiscapulata:
- South Ethiopia
- T. c. subrufipennis:
- South-eastern South Sudan and south-western Ethiopia south to Zambia and Malawi
- T. c. odica:
- East Zimbabwe
- T. c. cinnamomeiventris:
- Central South Africa
- T. c. autochthones:
- North-eastern South Africa (south to northern KwaZulu-Natal)), Swaziland, and southern Mozambique
T. c. coronata is sometimes split as full species, White-crowned Cliff Chat.
Habitat
Areas with a mixture of rocks and trees.
Behaviour
Diet
Their mixed diet consists of figs, insects (including flying ants), spiders; also aloe nectar.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved August 2017)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Mocking Cliff Chat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 19 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Mocking_Cliff_Chat
