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Genus: Myrmecocichla (8 species)


Anteater Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops) Range: AF: e, c, w Wassu Stone Circles, Wassu, The Gambia
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Compare to Ant-eating Chat found further south. Sometimes called Northern Anteater Chat.


Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti arnotti) Male Range: AF: e Tanzania to ne South Africa. Also Angola. Nkanga Conservation Area, Zambia
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Ruaha Chat (Myrmecocichla collaris) Female Range: AF: w Tanzania, e Rwanda, Burundi, n Zambia and e DR Congo Rubanda, Uganda
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Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) Range: AF: s Angola, Namibia and Botswana to s South Africa South Africa
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.


Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) Range: AF: s Angola, Namibia and Botswana to s South Africa Botswana
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Rueppell's Black Chat (Myrmecocichla melaena) Range: AF: montane Eritrea and Ethiopia Gemassa Gedal, Ethiopia
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Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola) Range: AF: sw South Africa
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Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola) Male Range: AF: sw Namibia
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Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola monticola) Male Range: AF: sw Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mountain Chat (Myrmecocichla monticola) Female Range: AF: sw South Africa
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This species can be either grey or black and have a white or black crown.


Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) Male Range: AF: Nigeria, Central African Republic and South Sudan to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania Kidepo National Park, Uganda
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Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) Female Range: AF: Nigeria, Central African Republic and South Sudan to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda
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Congo Moor Chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni) Range: AF: Central African Republic; Gabon to sw DR Congo and c Angola

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