Tractrac Chat

Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub, hummock dunes and gravel plains.

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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

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Muscicapidae
Genus : Cercomela
Species : tractrac
Authority : (Wilkes, 1817)