Sooty chat

Myrmecocichla nigra

The sooty chat is an African songbird of the chat subfamily.
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Appearance

It is 15 to 16 cm long, stocky and relatively short-tailed for a chat. The adult male's plumage is glossy black except for white patches on the upper wings that are usually visible or only partly concealed when the bird is at rest. The female and young are very dark brown.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMuscicapidae
GenusMyrmecocichla
SpeciesM. nigra
Photographed in
Angola
Kenya