Myrmecocichla
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| Myrmecocichla | |
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| Ant-eating Chat Myrmecocichla formicivora |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850 |
| Synonyms | |
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Thamnolaea |
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Myrmecocichla is a genus of bird in the Muscicapidae family. Thamnolaea is a synonym. (Sibley and Monroe, 1990 and 1993) It contains the following species:
- Anteater Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
- White-fronted Black Chat (Myrmecocichla albifrons)
- Arnot's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnoti)
- Mocking Cliff Chat (Myrmecocichla cinnamomeiventris)
- Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
- Rüppell's Black Chat (Myrmecocichla melaena)
- White-winged Cliff-chat (Myrmecocichla semirufa)
- Congo Moor Chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni)
- Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)
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