A photo of a Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra), male
Sooty Chat, Male

Sooty Chat

Myrmecocichla nigra

The sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra) is an African songbird of the chat subfamily. It is 15 to 16 cm long, stocky and relatively short-tailed for a chat. The adult male's plumage is glossy black except for white patches on the upper wings that are usually visible or only partly concealed (as in the photograph at upper right) when the bird is at rest. The female and young are very dark brown. The song (in Kenya and northern Tanzania) is described as "prolonged, sweet and musical, sometimes given in flight, wee tewee tuweer, skwik-skueeeeer, cueee-eeeee-cuweeeeer, eee-euwee-tee, tseuwee-tew-skweeer-tsi-seet…." This species sometimes imitates other birds.
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Joseph D Lionceau
Monday 10 Oct 2022 - 12:12pm
Rwanda
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Trevor Kleyn
Sunday 04 Sep 2022 - 11:27am
Kenya
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Joseph D Lionceau
Tuesday 26 Jul 2022 - 2:55pm
Rwanda
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Joseph D Lionceau
Friday 08 Jul 2022 - 6:30am
Rwanda
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