Thrushes (Turdidae)
Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) - HBW 10, p. 726
French: Traquet commandeur
German: Hadesschmätzer
Spanish: Zorzal-hormiguero Negro
Taxonomy: Oenanthe nigra Vieillot, 1818, west coast of Africa = Malimbe, Angola.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Discontinuously Senegal, Gambia, Liberia and Nigeria E to W Kenya and E Tanzania, S to Angola and Zambia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male on the ground, shaking the plumage and flying away Locality Bigodi Swamp, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 22 sec 4.5 -
A close-up of a female Locality Bigodi Swamp, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 34 sec 4.5 -
A female close to the ground Locality Bigodi Swamp, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 September 2006 6 years ago 40 sec 4.3 -
A female scratching the head and preening Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 32 sec 2.7 -
A male close to the ground Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 August 2006 6 years ago 16 sec 2.5
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A perched bird
Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda
Krzysztof Blachowiak 18 November 2012 15 weeks ago 4 -
Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
Locality Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
Kilian Wasmer 8 February 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
Perched on rock. Male
Locality Bare, East Province, Rwanda
Jason Anderson 26 June 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
A male calling from the ground
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya (Monotypic species)
Liam Hughes 28 May 2011 52 weeks ago 2.9 -
A female on Guava Tree.
Locality Mukono, Uganda (Monotypic species)
ddarbela 24 December 2010 2 years ago 2.2 -
adult
Locality Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
Hervé MICHEL 1 November 2007 3 years ago 2
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