Cercomela scotocerca

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea
Familia: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercomela
Species: Cercomela scotocerca
Subspecies: C. s. furensis - C. s. scotocerca - C. s. spectatrix - C. s. turkana - C. s. validior

Name

Cercomela scotocerca (Heuglin, 1869)

Reference

Ornithologie Nordost-Afrika's 1 p.363

Vernacular names
English: Brown-tailed Chat

The Brown-tailed Chat (Cercomela scotocerca) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. Cercomela scotocerca. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.