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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female eating an insect, running aound, finally sitting very close Locality Gondwana Kalahari Park, Hardap Region, Namibia
Stefan_Thiel 5 October 2010 38 weeks ago 1 min 4.7 -
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 7 years ago 13 sec 4 -
bird perched upright Locality Central Kalahari Game Reserve, Ghanzi District, Botswana
Volkert van der Willigen 6 February 2005 3 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 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird on a bush
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 26 August 2007 3 years ago 3.8 -
A female on the ground
Locality North West Province, South Africa
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 1 April 2011 1 year ago 3.3 -
A female perched on a post.
Locality Upington, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
David Beadle 4 February 2011 1 year ago 3.2 -
Single bird with ants in beak
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 20 December 2012 18 weeks ago 3 -
Perched
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
Lindsay Hansch 18 September 2007 2 years 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 3 years ago 2
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