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Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)

Oenanthe deserti (Temminck, 1825)

Oenanthe deserti, the desert wheatear, is a small passerine bird with distinct plumage by age and sex, found across arid regions of Africa and Asia.

Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

Oenanthe albonigra (Hume, 1872)

Oenanthe albonigra, or Hume's wheatear, is a large wheatear with distinct black-and-white plumage that differs from similar forms.

Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)

Oenanthe chrysopygia (Filippi, 1863)

Oenanthe chrysopygia is a small drab-plumaged wheatear that breeds across western to central Asia and winters further south.

Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)

Oenanthe lugubris (Rüppell, 1837)

The Abyssinian wheatear (Oenanthe lugubris) is a sexually dichromatic dark bird found in rocky habitats across northeastern Africa.

Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)

Oenanthe familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)

Oenanthe familiaris, the familiar chat, is a small 14–15 cm dumpy short-tailed bird with distinct plumage and specific vocalizations.

Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)

Oenanthe fusca (Blyth, 1851)

Oenanthe fusca, the brown rock chat, is a 17 cm brown passerine nearly endemic to northern South Asia.

Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)

Oenanthe melanura (Temminck, 1824)

Oenanthe melanura, the blackstart, is a small bird with defined plumage traits and a known distribution in parts of the Middle East.

Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Guldenstadt, 1775)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Guldenstadt, 1775)

Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca (Guldenstadt, 1775)

Oenanthe hispanica melanoleuca is a wheatear subspecies with distinct plumage differences by sex, season, and from related wheatears.

Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)

Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi (Dixon, 1882)

Oenanthe oenanthe seebohmi is a subspecies of northern wheatear, a small bird with distinct plumage traits and vocalizations.

Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850
Muscicapidae

Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850

Myrmecocichla aethiops Cabanis, 1850

The anteater chat is a Muscicapidae bird found across the Sahel and East African montane forests, with recorded nesting in abandoned Nigerian wells.

Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)
Muscicapidae

Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)

Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817)

Myrmecocichla formicivora is a sexually dimorphic species with distinct male and female plumage and coloration.

Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)
Muscicapidae

Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)

Myrmecocichla nigra (Vieillot, 1818)

Myrmecocichla nigra is a small stocky African chat with distinct male and female plumage, found across a wide grassland range.

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Muscicapidae

Pentholaea arnotti (Tristram, 1869)

Pentholaea arnotti (Tristram, 1869)

Pentholaea arnotti, or Arnot's chat, is a 16–18 cm sexually dimorphic bird found across southern African open woodlands.

Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818
Muscicapidae

Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818

Oenanthe monticola Vieillot, 1818

Oenanthe monticola, the mountain chat, is a non-migratory resident bird found in rocky habitats across southern Africa.

Dessonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)
Muscicapidae

Dessonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dessonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dessonornis caffer, the Cape robin-chat, is an African robin-chat species native to eastern and southern upland Africa.

Cossypha humeralis (A.Smith, 1836)
Muscicapidae

Cossypha humeralis (A.Smith, 1836)

Cossypha humeralis (A.Smith, 1836)

The white-throated robin-chat is a Muscicapidae bird endemic to southern Africa, living in dry savannah and dry shrubland.

Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)
Muscicapidae

Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)

Erythropygia signata (Sundevall, 1850)

The brown scrub robin is a Muscicapidae bird species found in southern Africa, living in subtropical dry or moist forests.

Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)
Muscicapidae

Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)

Erythropygia quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)

Erythropygia quadrivirgata is a small passerine bird native to southern and eastern Africa with distinct patterned plumage.

Nectarinia tacazze (Stanley, 1814)
Nectariniidae

Nectarinia tacazze (Stanley, 1814)

Nectarinia tacazze (Stanley, 1814)

The Tacazze sunbird (Nectarinia tacazze) is a Nectariniidae species native to eastern Afromontane forests, named for Ethiopia’s Tacazze River.

Nectarinia famosa (Linnaeus, 1766)
Nectariniidae

Nectarinia famosa (Linnaeus, 1766)

Nectarinia famosa (Linnaeus, 1766)

The malachite sunbird, Nectarinia famosa, is a large African sunbird adapted to feed on nectar from native flowering plants.

Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley, 1885
Nectariniidae

Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley, 1885

Nectarinia kilimensis Shelley, 1885

Nectarinia kilimensis, the bronze sunbird, is an African sunbird with distinct plumage differences between males and females.

Anthreptes gabonicus (Hartlaub, 1861)
Nectariniidae

Anthreptes gabonicus (Hartlaub, 1861)

Anthreptes gabonicus (Hartlaub, 1861)

Anthreptes gabonicus, the mangrove sunbird, is a Nectariniidae bird native to West African mangrove forests.

Anthreptes longuemarei (Lesson, 1831)
Nectariniidae

Anthreptes longuemarei (Lesson, 1831)

Anthreptes longuemarei (Lesson, 1831)

Anthreptes longuemarei, the western violet-backed sunbird, is a widely distributed Nectariniidae bird found in mesic woodlands of sub-Saharan Africa.

Anthreptes simplex (S.Muller, 1843)
Nectariniidae

Anthreptes simplex (S.Muller, 1843)

Anthreptes simplex (S.Muller, 1843)

Anthreptes simplex, the plain sunbird, is a Nectariniidae bird species found across parts of Southeast Asia.

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