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WoodlandCup nestMedium · 66 g
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The boulder chat is a large chat, 25 cm (9.8 in) in length, with brownish-black plumage and white tips to the outer tail feathers. In flight, a row of small white spots can be seen on the edge of the primary and secondary coverts. Females are similar to males but have a slightly duller plumage.
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When to see the Boulder Chat
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Boulder Chat
The map shades 4 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in South Africa.
About the Boulder Chat
The boulder chat is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae native to dry woodland and savanna in Southern Africa. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pinarornis.
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Easily confused with
Izu ThrushTurdus celaenopsThe Izu thrush is about 23 cm (9.1 in) long.
Nilgiri ThrushZoothera neilgherriensisThe sexes are similar, 27–31 cm long, with black scaling on a paler white or yellowish background.
Ashy ThrushGeokichla cinereaThe ashy thrush, also known as the ashy ground-thrush, is a species of bird in the family Turdidae.
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