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Moorland Chat
Pinarochroa sordida (Rüppell, 1837)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Moorland Chat, Pinarochroa sordida, is a songbird of the eastern Afromontane in Africa, where it lives on moors and grassland at high altitude. It is found mainly above 3,400 m, though it also occurs as low as 2,100 m. The bird has long legs and a short tail. It is notably bold and comes close to people. Four subspecies are recognised, with forms recorded in Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, the Crater Highlands in north Tanzania, and on Mount Kilimanjaro in north Tanzania.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: e
