Species profile
Sooty Chat
Myrmecocichla nigra
Quick answer
patchily distributed from southeastern Nigeria to south to southern Angola and southern Zambia, east to southern South Sudan, southwestern Kenya, and eastern Tanzania
- Scientific name
- Myrmecocichla nigra
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Myrmecocichla
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Muscicapidae
- Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher (Dioptrornis chocolatinus)
- Abyssinian Wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris)
- African Dusky Flycatcher (Muscicapa adusta)
- African Forest-flycatcher (Fraseria ocreata)
- African Grey Flycatcher (Bradornis microrhynchus)
- African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor)
- African stonechat (Saxicola torquatus)
- Ala Shan Redstart (Phoenicurus alaschanicus)