Mocking Cliff Chat

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris

The Mocking Cliff Chat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.
It is found in Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

The White-crowned Cliff Chat of West Africa is sometimes included in this species.
Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyMuscicapidae
GenusThamnolaea
SpeciesT. cinnamomeiventris
Photographed in
Kenya
South Africa