Southern Anteater-Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,269
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Ant-eating chat”.