Mountain Wheatear

Myrmecocichla monticola - Traquet montagnard

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Myrmecocichla
Species
:
monticola

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1818

Biometrics

Size
: 20 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 31 à 35 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Mountain Wheatear (Myrmecocichla monticola) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Myrmecocichla monticola monticola (s Namibia and South Africa)
Myrmecocichla monticola albipileata (sw Angola)
Myrmecocichla monticola nigricauda (w Angola)
Myrmecocichla monticola atmorii (w Namibia)

Foreign names

Traquet montagnard,
Zorzal hormiguero montano,
chasco-montês,
Bergschmätzer,
hegyi hantmadár,
Bergtapuit,
Monachella montana,
kaptermitskvätta,
Hvitvingesteinskvett,
skaliarik horský,
bělořit horský,
Kapstenpikker,
vuoritasku,
Bergwagter,
còlit de muntanya,
smolarek górski,
Горная каменка,
カタジロサバクヒタキ,
山䳭,
山岩鵖,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs, mountain peaks) : ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Urban Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

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Sources of information

Birds of Africa South of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and Peter Ryan
Birds of Southern Africa, Ian Sinclair, Phil Hockey, Warwick Tarboton
Vol. 10 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-David Christie
Avibase, Lepage Denis
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest