Familiar chat

Familiar chat
In Eastern Cape province, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species:
O. familiaris
Binomial name
Oenanthe familiaris
(Wilkes, 1817)
Synonyms
  • Cercomela familiaris (Wilkes, 1817)
  • Motacilla familiaris Wilkes, 1917

The familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara in rocky and mountainous habitat and around human habitation.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Oenanthe familiaris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22710367A132087052. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22710367A132087052.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.