Tractrac chat | |
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In the Namib Naukluft, Namibia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Emarginata |
Species: | E. tractrac
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Binomial name | |
Emarginata tractrac (Wilkes, 1817)
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Synonyms | |
Cercomela tractrac |
The tractrac chat (Emarginata tractrac) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in southernmost Angola, western Namibia and western South Africa.
Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub, hummock dunes and gravel plains.