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ShrublandCup nestSmall · 21 g
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The tractrac chat is 14–15 cm long with a weight of 20 g. Its tail is white with a dark inverted "T" at the tip, reminiscent of the pattern shown by several wheatears. The short straight bill and the legs and feet are black. It has a dark eye. The Namib form found on hummock dunes and at the coast has almost white plumage with grey wings and grey tail marking. The south-eastern form, found in gravel plains has brown upperparts with blackish flight feathers and tail markings. Its underparts are white. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is more mottled than the adult.
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When to see the Tractrac Chat
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is September, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Tractrac Chat
The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Tractrac Chat
The tractrac chat is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in southernmost Angola, western Namibia and western South Africa.
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