Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Brown Chat-flycatcher (Bradornis infuscatus) - HBW 11, p. 104
French: Gobemouche traquet
German: Drosselschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Tarabilla
Other common names: Chat Flycatcher
Taxonomy: Saxicola infuscata A. Smith, 1839, near Nuwerus, Western Cape, South Africa.
Genus often merged with Melaenornis. Clinal increase in body size from N to S within range. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- benguellensis Sousa, 1886 - S Angola (arid coastal plain of Mocamedes and Benguela) and NW Namibia (Kaokoveld).
- infuscatus (A. Smith, 1839) - SW Namibia (Great Namaqualand) and SW South Africa (lower R Orange S to SW Western Cape).
- namaquensis Macdonald, 1957 - Namibia (except NW & SW), extreme W Botswana and adjacent South Africa (NW Northern Cape).
- benguellensis Sousa, 1886 - S Angola (arid coastal plain of Mocamedes and Benguela) and NW Namibia (Kaokoveld).
- infuscatus (A. Smith, 1839) - SW Namibia (Great Namaqualand) and SW South Africa (lower R Orange S to SW Western Cape).
- namaquensis Macdonald, 1957 - Namibia (except NW & SW), extreme W Botswana and adjacent South Africa (NW Northern Cape).
- placidus Clancey, 1958 - Botswana (except extreme W & SW) and NC South Africa (E Northern Cape, North West Province, NW Free State).
- seimundi Ogilvie-Grant, 1913 - SC South Africa (SW Free State S to N Western Cape and NW Eastern Cape).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched on a tall bush (1/2) Locality Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp namaquensis)
Fran Trabalon 4 November 2011 10 weeks ago 8 sec 3 -
A perched bird (2/2) Locality Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp namaquensis)
Fran Trabalon 4 November 2011 10 weeks ago 8 sec 2.8
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Perched in a tree
Locality Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok NP), Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 7 October 2008 42 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on a bush
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 26 August 2007 2 years ago 3
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