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Myrmecocichla
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| Myrmecocichla | |
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| Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Oenanthe formicivora[1] Vieillot, 1818
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Myrmecocichla is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World chat and flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Species in this genus are found in Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Myrmecocichla was introduced in 1851 by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis who listed several species in the genus but did not specify the type.[2] In 1855 the English zoologist George Gray designated the type as Oenanthe formicivora Vieillot, 1818.[3] This is a junior synonym of Motacilla formicivora Wilkes, 1817, the ant-eating chat.[4][5] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek μυρμηξ/murmēx, μυρμηκος/murmēkos meaning "ant" with κιχλη/kikhlē meaning "thrush".[6]
The genus contains the following seven species:[5]
| Image | Common name | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Anteater chat | Myrmecocichla aethiops | Sahel and East African montane forests |
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Congo moor chat | Myrmecocichla tholloni | Central Africa |
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Ant-eating chat | Myrmecocichla formicivora | southern Africa |
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Mountain chat | Myrmecocichla monticola | southern Africa |
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Sooty chat | Myrmecocichla nigra | central Africa |
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Rüppell's black chat | Myrmecocichla melaena | Ethiopian Highlands |
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Arnot's chat | Myrmecocichla arnotti | Miombo woodlands |
References
[edit]- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Cabanis, Jean (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 8. For the publication date of volume 1 see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. pp. 80–81. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Gray, George Robert (1855). Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds Contained in the British Museum. London: British Museum. p. 35.
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 115.
- ^ a b AviList Core Team (2025). "AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025". doi:10.2173/avilist.v2025. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Myrmecocichla". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 8 December 2025.
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