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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Emarginata

Karoo Chat

Emarginata schlegelii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (karcha1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Emarginata

Subspecies (4)

Emarginata schlegelii benguellensis

coastal southwestern Angola (Benguela escarpment)
Emarginata schlegelii namaquensis

southern Namibia and northwestern South Africa
Emarginata schlegelii pollux

southwestern and central South Africa (eastward to western Free State)
Emarginata schlegelii schlegelii

coastal Namibia (western Damaraland to Erongo Mountains)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (karcha1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.