Ant-eating Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Photo © Alan Manson
Photo © Alan Manson — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #154811058ABOUT
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. == 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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Addo Elephant National Park
Sundays River Valley Local Municipality·South Africa
+388 birds+55 mammals
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Augrabies Falls National Park
Kai !Garib Local Municipality·South Africa
+176 birds+20 mammals
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Camdeboo National Park
Camdeboo Local Municipality·South Africa
+272 birds+24 mammals
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Chobe National Park
Botswana
+446 birds+45 mammals
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Dorob National Park
Henties Bay·Namibia
+230 birds+13 mammals
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Etosha National Park
Namibia
+356 birds+58 mammals
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Ithala Game Reserve
uPhongolo Local Municipality·South Africa
+328 birds+26 mammals
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Khaudum National Park
Namibia
+221 birds+13 mammals
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Kruger National Park
Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality·South Africa
+540 birds+91 mammals
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