White-fronted Black Chat - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by d.flack
Tuejuring, The Gambia, November 2016

Oenanthe albifrons

Myrmecocichla albifrons

Distribution

Africa.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in genus Myrmecocichla.

Subspecies

There are 5 subspecies^[1]:

• M. a. frontalis:

• Extreme southern Mauritania to Senegal, Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon

• M. a. limbata:

• East Cameroon to Central African Republic (Ubangi-Shari region)

• M. a. clericalis:

• South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Uganda

• M. a. albifrons:

• Eritrea and northern Ethiopia

• M. a. pachyrhyncha:

• South West Ethiopia

Habitat

Moist savanna and dry shrubland.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

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

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