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Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Myrmecocichla

Mountain Chat

Myrmecocichla monticola

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (mouwhe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Myrmecocichla

Subspecies (4)

Myrmecocichla monticola albipileata

coastal Angola (Benguela escarpment)
Myrmecocichla monticola atmorii

northern Namibia (south to Damaraland)
Myrmecocichla monticola monticola

southern Namibia, South Africa (eastward to Limpopo and western KwaZulu-Natal), Lesotho, and western Eswatini
Myrmecocichla monticola nigricauda

Angola (highlands of Huambo and southern Cuanza Sul)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (mouwhe1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.