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A photo of a Sickle-winged Chat (Emarginata sinuata)
Sickle-winged Chat

Sickle-winged Chat

Emarginata sinuata

The sickle-winged chat or sicklewing chat (Emarginata sinuata) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae endemic to southern Africa. It is a common resident breeder in South Africa and Lesotho, and is also found in southernmost areas of Botswana and Namibia. Its habitat is Karoo scrub, short grassland, and barren sandy or stony areas. In western coastal areas, it also occurs on agricultural land. The sickle-winged chat is around 15 cm in length. Its upperparts are dark grey, but it has brown wings and a rufous patch behind the eye. The tail and rump are buff-pink, with an inverted wedge of black at the end of the tail. Its underparts are off-white, the short straight bill, legs and feet are black and the eye is brown. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile has buff tips to its feathers. The contrast between the dark upperparts and the much paler underparts distinguish this species from the more uniformly coloured familiar chat. It also has the pale salmon-buff on the rump extending only onto the base of the tail, whereas the familiar chat has a richer hue which almost reaches the tip of the tail. The sickle-winged chat has a chak-chak call and a warbled song.
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Gilbert Reinhardt
Sunday 03 Sep 2023 - 9:50am
South Africa
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Gee Coetzee
Sunday 03 Sep 2023 - 7:50am
South Africa
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Skhokho Swanepoel
Friday 04 Aug 2023 - 4:03pm
South Africa
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Marieta Swanepoel
Friday 04 Aug 2023 - 3:52pm
South Africa
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