Category:Cercomela - BirdForum Opus

Genus: Cercomela

Description

Clements places the following species in this genus:

• Sicklewing Chat
• Karoo Chat
• Tractrac Chat
• Familiar Chat
• Brown-tailed Rock Chat
• Brown Rock Chat
• Sombre Rock Chat
• Blackstart
• Moorland Chat

Taxonomy

Cercomela is a genus in the Family Muscicapidae.
Dickinson and Gill and Donsker place the first three species of the list in the genus Emarginata, Moorland Chat in Pinarochroa and the rest in Oenanthe and the Opus follows.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2011. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.10). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
3. Avibase

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Cercomela. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Cercomela