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GrasslandCavity nestSmall · 42 g
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The species is sexually dimorphic with the male almost entirely black and the female brown with a grey bill and legs.
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When to see the Ant-eating Chat
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ant-eating Chat
The map shades 8 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Ant-eating Chat
The ant-eating chat or southern anteater-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
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Easily confused with
Mountain ChatMyrmecocichla monticolaThe mountain chat is 18–20 cm long, and like other chats, it has a distinctive tail pattern, with a white rump and outer tail feathers.
Sooty ChatMyrmecocichla nigraIt is 15 to 16 cm (6 to 6.25 inches) long, stocky and relatively short-tailed for a chat.
Anteater ChatMyrmecocichla aethiopsThe anteater chat or northern anteater-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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