Brown-tailed Rock Chat

Oenanthe scotocerca

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesRockyCavity nestSmall · 16 g

When to see the Brown-tailed Rock 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 Brown-tailed Rock Chat

Regular rangeRare visitor

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 Uganda.

About the Brown-tailed Rock Chat

The brown-tailed rock chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

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