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Mocking Cliff Chat

Mocking Cliff Chat - Female

Photographer

» Lionel Sineux

Location

» Missirikoro Rocks (Sikasso area), Mali

Country image taken

» Mali

Date

» April, 2011

Equipment

» Nikon D3100 + Sigma 150-500

Bird Species

»Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris - Mocking Cliff Chat

Bird Species (French)

»Traquet à ventre roux

Bird Family

»Muscicapidae - Chats, Flycatchers, Robins, Wheatears, Akalats, Rock Thrushes, Palm Thrushes,Redstarts

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» Found at Missirikoro, near Sikasso (far South-East of Mali). This is a new locality for this patchily distributed species. (It's interesting to note how different this female looks to other races - grey breast, and tail also appears longer. Warrants further research - Jason)

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