Chat Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

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Bradornis infuscatus

Subspecies placidus
Photo by Oregonian
Nxai Pan, Botswana, November 2008

Distribution

South Africa, Angola, Botswana, and Namibia.

Taxonomy

Bradornis infuscatus has five subspecies:^[1]

• B. i. benguellensis

• Arid coastal south-western Angola (Benguela) to north-western Namibia (Kaokoveld)

• B. i. namaquensis

• Namibia

• B. i. placidus

• Botswana to north-western and nort-central South Africa

• B. i. seimundi

• South Africa (Northern Cape to south-western Free State)

• B. i. infuscatus

• South-western Namibia to Western Cape (South Africa)

It's sometimes placed in the genus Melaenornis or in the genus Agricola.

Habitat

Dry savanna.

References

1. 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/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chat Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 24 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chat_Flycatcher

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