Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia) | Photos and ID

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Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia), photo 1 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia), photo 2 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia), photo 3 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

Sombre Rock Chat (Oenanthe dubia), photo 4 — Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

When to see the Sombre Rock Chat

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Sombre Rock Chat

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Ethiopia Djibouti

About the Sombre Rock Chat

The sombre rock chat is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to montane desert of central Ethiopia and possibly far-western Somalia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Heuglin's WheatearOenanthe heugliniiIt is 13-14 centimetres long.

Somali WheatearOenanthe phillipsiThe Somali wheatear is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

Rusty-breasted WheatearOenanthe frenataThe rusty-breasted wheatear is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is native to the Ethiopian Highlands.

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