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Mocking Cliff Chat
Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris (Lafresnaye, 1836)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Mocking Cliff Chat, Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris, is a chat in the family Muscicapidae that breeds across western, central and southern Africa. It is the only member of Thamnolaea. It lives in rocky places, including cliffs, ravines, gullies, boulder-strewn hillsides and rocky watercourses, and it also uses well-wooded rocky terrain. The species was first described in 1836 by Lafresnaye. It is a large chat with distinctive plumage, and the male and female differ in appearance.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: wc, c, s
