Ant-eating chat
Species of bird
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The ant-eating chat or southern anteater-chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.
| Ant-eating chat | |
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| Male | |
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| Female Tswalu Kalahari Reserve, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Myrmecocichla |
| Species: | M. formicivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecocichla formicivora (Wilkes, 1817) | |
Description
The species is sexually dimorphic with the male almost entirely black and the female brown with a grey bill and legs.
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