| Myrmecocichla | |
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| Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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.
The genus contains the following species:[2]
- Sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
- Anteater chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
- Congo moor chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni)
- Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
- Rüppell's black chat (Myrmecocichla melaena)
- Mountain wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) (formerly placed in Oenanthe)
- Arnot's chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) (formerly placed in Pentholaea)
- Ruaha chat (Myrmecocichla collaris)
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 6.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 20 May 2016.