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Familiar Chat

Oenanthe familiaris

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in South Africa.January 163, February 202, March 178, April 250, May 189, June 158, July 169, August 147, September 179, October 202, November 146, December 176.
South Africa2,159
Western Cape1,001
KwaZulu-Natal373
Nothern Cape226
Eastern Cape204
Mpumalanga80
Gauteng71
Limpopo58
Free State54
Angola16

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyOld World Flycatchers, Robins, and Chats · Muscicapidae
GenusWheatears and Allies · Oenanthe

Sources

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