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Sooty Chat

Mymecocichla nigra

Photo by Karan Raghwa
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Female Sooty Chat is all brown(first photo); Male has a white patch on the shoulders, no whites in the wings in flight like Northern Anteater Chat
Photo taken at Western Serengeti Plains

Habitat:

Open dry grassland, often near termite mounds. It excavates a nest burrow in a termite mound.

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Comments (1)
Maria dB
The first photo is a beautiful portrait!

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PublishedSeptember 30, 2013

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