Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae)
Herero Chat-flycatcher (Namibornis herero) - HBW 11, p. 103
French: Namiorne héréro
German: Hereroschnäpper
Spanish: Papamoscas Herero
Other common names: Herero Chat
Taxonomy: Bradornis herero Meyer de Schauensee, 1931, Karibib, Damaraland, Namibia.
Taxonomic position uncertain. Often placed with chats in family Turdidae on basis of anatomy and feather structure, and resembles Cercomela chats in voice and habits and in appearance of fledglings; however, recent DNA work suggests it to be closer to Muscicapidae than to Turdidae, and it resembles Bradornis in features such as nest structure, nest-site, eggs, and nestlings’ begging call. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme SW Angola (Iona National Park, and near Ruacana, on R Cunene) S along escarpment and adjacent plains to C Namibia (S to Mt Tsaris, near Sesriem).
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An adult bird coming to the nest with food, feeding a chick and flying away Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 28 February 2003 5 years ago 14 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding its chicks in the nest Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 28 February 2003 5 years ago 17 sec 4.2 -
An adult feeding its chicks in the nest Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 28 February 2003 9 years ago 33 sec 4 -
A bird perched in a bush with a baboon calling in the background, then flying away Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 20 January 2007 5 years ago 22 sec 3.6 -
An adult individual in the nest, looking to the chicks and feeding them Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Christian Boix Hinzen 28 February 2003 5 years ago 46 sec 3.4
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A bird on a bush
Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 24 August 2007 3 years ago 3.8
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Calling from the top of a bush. Locality Spitzkoppe, Erongo Region, Namibia
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 13 November 2009 3 years ago 3
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