Thrushes (Turdidae)
Southern Anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) - HBW 10, p. 725
French: Traquet fourmilier
German: Termitenschmätzer
Spanish: Zorzal-hormiguero Meridional
Taxonomy: Motacilla formicivora Wilkes, 1817, near the Sondag and Swartkop Rivers, South Africa.
Has been suggested as possibly conspecific with M. aethiops. Monotypic.
Distribution: Namibia E to SW Zimbabwe, S to South Africa, Swaziland and Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a bush and flying away Locality Piper Pans, Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 4 August 2000 6 years ago 13 sec 3.5 -
bird perched upright Locality Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana
Volkert van der Willigen 6 February 2005 2 years ago 11 sec 2.7
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A perched bird.
Locality Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve, Gauteng Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Fran Trabalon 15 November 2008 33 weeks ago 4 -
A bird on a bush
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 26 August 2007 2 years ago 3.4 -
A female perched on a post.
Locality Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 4 February 2011 20 weeks ago 3.2 -
A female on the ground
Locality North West Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 1 April 2011 22 weeks ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Lindsay Hansch 18 September 2007 1 year ago 3 -
A solitary bird on a thorn bush.
Locality Khama Rhino Sanctuary, Serowe, Central District, Botswana
James Slade 14 July 2009 1 year ago 3
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Song. Eastern Clapper Lark also present. Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 15 November 2009 2 years ago 2
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