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| − | + | [[Image:Chat_Flycatcher.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''placidus''<br />Photo by {{user|Oregonian|Oregonian}}<br />Nxai Pan, [[Botswana]], November 2008]] | |
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | A large, chat-like buffy-brown flycatcher with lighter flight feather edges that form a pale wing panel. The plain brown tail and rump differentiates this species from all chats. The similar [[Pale Flycatcher]] is smaller and lacks the pale wing panel. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[South Africa]], [[Angola]], [[Botswana]], and [[Namibia]]. | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | ''Agricola infuscatus'' has five subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup> | ||
| + | *''A. i. benguellensis'' | ||
| + | :*Arid coastal south-western [[Angola]] (Benguela) to north-western [[Namibia]] (Kaokoveld) | ||
| + | *''A. i. namaquensis'' | ||
| + | :*[[Namibia]] | ||
| + | *''A. i. placidus'' | ||
| + | :*[[Botswana]] to north-western and nort-central [[South Africa]] | ||
| + | *''A. i. seimundi'' | ||
| + | :*[[South Africa]] (Northern Cape to south-western Free State) | ||
| + | *''A. i. infuscatus'' | ||
| + | :*South-western [[Namibia]] to Western Cape ([[South Africa]]) | ||
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| + | It's sometimes placed in the genus ''[[:Category:Melaenornis|Melaenornis]]'' or in the genus ''[[:Bradornis|Bradornis]]''. | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Dry savanna. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | == | + | They like sit on shrubs, fences, and telephone wires in arid shrublands and savanna. When they drop to the ground, they look distinctly chat-like as they hunt insects and small vertebrates. They also flycatch, seizing prey in mid-air. |
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug16}} | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Bradornis | + | {{GSearch|"Bradornis infuscatus" {{!}} "Chat Flycatcher" {{!}} "Melaenornis infuscatus" {{!}} "Agricola infuscatus" }} |
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category: | + | {{GS-checked}}1 |
| + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Agricola]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:38, 25 September 2023
- Agricola infuscatus
Identification
A large, chat-like buffy-brown flycatcher with lighter flight feather edges that form a pale wing panel. The plain brown tail and rump differentiates this species from all chats. The similar Pale Flycatcher is smaller and lacks the pale wing panel.
Distribution
South Africa, Angola, Botswana, and Namibia.
Taxonomy
Agricola infuscatus has five subspecies:[1]
- A. i. benguellensis
- A. i. namaquensis
- A. i. placidus
- Botswana to north-western and nort-central South Africa
- A. i. seimundi
- South Africa (Northern Cape to south-western Free State)
- A. i. infuscatus
- South-western Namibia to Western Cape (South Africa)
It's sometimes placed in the genus Melaenornis or in the genus Bradornis.
Habitat
Dry savanna.
Behaviour
They like sit on shrubs, fences, and telephone wires in arid shrublands and savanna. When they drop to the ground, they look distinctly chat-like as they hunt insects and small vertebrates. They also flycatch, seizing prey in mid-air.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chat Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chat_Flycatcher
External Links
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