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Tractrac Chat
Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub, hummock dunes and gravel plains.
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Author: (Hans Hillewaert)Permission(Reusing this file)I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license: This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.You are free:to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
The Tractrac Chat is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.
The Tractrac Chat, Cercomela tractrac, is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in southernmost Angola, western Namibia and western South Africa. Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub, hummock dunes and gravel plains. More
Tractrac chat? Very light colour, white at base of tail, especially on the sides. Posted by: Richard Simons | October 11, 2009 11:38 AM 3 Karoo Chat? My old Roberts Birds of South Africa talks of its dark centre tail feathers, (along with the white on the sides)...and grey rump, which you can't really see in this picture.... More
Distribution of Tractrac chat in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More
For the purposes of our bird news services, Tractrac Chat is classed as Ungraded: species which are unlikely to appear as wild birds in Britain or Ireland hide section Most recent photos of Tractrac Chat (2) Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa30/06/2008 Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa 30/06/2008 Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa30/06/2008 Tanqua Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa 30/06/2008 More
See Tractrac Chat on a Tanqua Karoo Birding Tour with Birding Africa © Callan Cohen See Karoo Korhaan on a Tanqua Karoo Birding Tour with Birding Africa © Callan Cohen Karoo scene on a Tanqua Karoo Birding Tour with Birding Africa © Callan Cohen About Birding Africa Birding Africa is a specialist birding tour company customising tours for both world listers and more relaxed holiday birders. More
Family : Muscicapidae
Genus : Cercomela
Species : tractrac
Authority : (Wilkes, 1817)