Myrmecocichla

Myrmecocichla
Ant-eating chat Myrmecocichla formicivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Myrmecocichla Cabanis, 1850
Synonyms
Thamnolaea

Myrmecocichla is a genus of chat bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Thamnolaea is a synonym.^[1][2]

It contains the following species:

• Anteater chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)
• White-fronted black chat (Myrmecocichla albifrons)
• Arnot's chat (Myrmecocichla arnoti)
• Ruaha chat (Myrmecocichla collaris)
• Ant-eating chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)
• Rüppell's black chat (Myrmecocichla melaena)
• Congo moor chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni)
• Sooty chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)

References

1. Sibley, C. G. and Monroe, B. L. (1990) Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world. New Haven, USA: Yale University Press.
2. Sibley, C. G. and Monroe, B. L. (1993) A supplement to ‘Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world’. New Haven, USA: Yale University Press.