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.