How big is an Ant-eating Chat?

The Ant-eating Chat is a small sized bird weighing about 42 g.

Where can you see an Ant-eating Chat?

The Ant-eating Chat occurs in 8 countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria and Lesotho.

What birds look similar to an Ant-eating Chat?

The Ant-eating Chat is most easily confused with the Sooty Chat, the Anteater Chat and the Rüppell's Black Chat.

Is the Ant-eating Chat endangered?

The Ant-eating Chat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Ant-eating Chat

Myrmecocichla formicivora

Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies · Passeriformes · Uncommon

The Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) is a uncommon chats, old world flycatchers, and alli found in 8 countries, weighing about 42 g. The ant-eating chat or southern anteater-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Least ConcernUncommonEats invertebratesgrasslandcavity nest42 g

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 1 — Photo: Diego Rubolini · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 2 — Photo: Sunčana Bradley · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 3 — Photo: Sunčana Bradley · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 4 — Photo: le0p0ld_d · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 5 — Photo: le0p0ld_d · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 6 — Photo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/ · CC BY 2.0

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 7 — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 8 — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 9 — Photo: Sunčana Bradley · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora), photo 10 — Photo: le0p0ld_d · http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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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How to identify it

The species is sexually dimorphic with the male almost entirely black and the female brown with a grey bill and legs.

Where it lives

South Africa Namibia Botswana Nigeria Lesotho Eswatini Kenya Tanzania

When to see it

The Ant-eating Chat can be seen all year round, with peak activity in December. It is a resident species across most of its range.

Easily confused with

Quick questions

How do you identify an Ant-eating Chat?: The species is sexually dimorphic with the male almost entirely black and the female brown with a grey bill and legs.
How big is an Ant-eating Chat?: The Ant-eating Chat is a small sized bird weighing about 42 g.
Where can you see an Ant-eating Chat?: The Ant-eating Chat occurs in 8 countries, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Nigeria and Lesotho.
What birds look similar to an Ant-eating Chat?: The Ant-eating Chat is most easily confused with the Sooty Chat, the Anteater Chat and the Rüppell's Black Chat.
Is the Ant-eating Chat endangered?: The Ant-eating Chat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

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