Thrushes (Turdidae)
Tractrac Chat (Cercomela tractrac) - HBW 10, p. 789
French: Traquet tractrac
German: Oranjeschmätzer
Spanish: Colinegro Tractrac
Other common names: Layard’s Chat
Taxonomy: Motacilla tractrac Wilkes, 1817, Auteniquois country = probably Orange River, South Africa.
Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- hoeschi (Niethammer, 1955) - SW Angola and NW Namibia.
- albicans (Wahlberg, 1855) - W Namibia (W Damaraland, N Great Namaqualand).
- barlowi (Roberts, 1937) - C & S Great Namaqualand, in S Namibia.
- hoeschi (Niethammer, 1955) - SW Angola and NW Namibia.
- albicans (Wahlberg, 1855) - W Namibia (W Damaraland, N Great Namaqualand).
- barlowi (Roberts, 1937) - C & S Great Namaqualand, in S Namibia.
- nebulosa Clancey, 1962 - SW Namibia.
- tractrac (Wilkes, 1817) - W South Africa (Northern Cape and SW Free State S to Karoo).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds on the ground Locality Swakopmund, Erongo Region, Namibia (ssp albicans)
Jean Michel Erard 31 July 2003 6 years ago 5 sec 3.6
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Tractrac Chat.
Locality Vogelfederberg, Erongo Region, Namibia
Hans Hillewaert 16 June 2007 2 years ago 3.8 -
An adult perched in coastal scrub.
Locality Port Nolloth, Northern Cape Province, South Africa (ssp tractrac)
David Beadle 1 February 2011 20 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird on the ground
Locality Lüderitz, Karas Region, Namibia
Aleix Comas 20 August 2007 2 years ago 3
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