Thrushes (Turdidae)
Karoo Chat (Cercomela schlegelii) - HBW 10, p. 789
French: Traquet du Karroo
German: Bleichschmätzer
Spanish: Colinegro del Karroo
Other common names: Grey-rumped/Schlegel’s Chat
Taxonomy: Erithacus schlegelii Wahlberg, 1855, Damaraland, Namibia.
Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- benguellensis (W. L. Sclater, 1928) - SW Angola and NW Namibia.
- schlegelii (Wahlberg, 1855) - coastal Namibia.
- namaquensis (W. L. Sclater, 1928) - S Namibia and NW South Africa (Northern Cape).
- pollux (Hartlaub, 1866) - W & C South Africa (Western Cape E to W Free State).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult perched and singing Locality Eirkop, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp pollux)
Greg Baker 28 September 2002 36 weeks ago 13 sec 3.8
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Close up
Locality Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia
Rémi Bigonneau 20 May 2009 1 year ago 4 -
Rear view of an adult, perched on a plant.
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp pollux)
Carmelo López 28 November 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Perched on an overhead wire.
Locality Pofadder, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp namaquensis)
David Beadle 2 February 2011 1 year ago 3 -
An adult, perched on a plant.
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp pollux)
Carmelo López 28 November 2010 2 years ago 3 -
A bird alert on bare gravel earth
Locality Namib-Naukluft National Park, Namibia (ssp schlegelii)
Ian Fulton 18 October 2004 3 years ago 3 -
Well seen specimen perched at close range.
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Loutjie Steenberg 22 December 2010 2 years ago 2.7
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A bird singing twice. Locality Eirkop, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp pollux)
Greg Baker 28 September 2002 19 weeks ago 4
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