Chat, White Fronted Black 


White-fronted Black Chat - Oenanthe albifrons frontalis
Senegal - December 2018

The associated video of this species describes it as Myrmecocichla albifrons frontalis, it is currently in the Oenanthe genus.  There are four subspecies of White-fronted Black Chat, the subspecies shown here is found from southern Mauritania south into Senegambia and then east to Nigeria, Chad, and Cameroon.  These video framegrabs are from a recording made in Senegal during December 2018 - video link.



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