From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Moorland Chat
Moorland Chat
Moorland Chat The Moorland Chat (Cercomela sordida), also known as the
Chat,
Alpine Chat or Hill Chat is a species of songbird in the
Old World Flycatcher family. It is endemic to north-east
Africa where it is common in its habitat. It lives at high
altitudes on moors and grassland, usually above 3,400 m
(11,100 ft), but can live as low as 2,100 m (6,900 ft)[1]. It
has a short tail and long legs. It is bold and will approach
people.
The chat was first discovered on Mount Elgon on the
Uganda-Kenya border by Jackson. Mackinder brought
back the same bird from Mount Kenya in 1899[2]. He pre-
sented a paper on the first ascent to the Royal Geographi-
cal Society in 1900. The scientific results of his expedition
Conservation status were discussed in detail afterwards.
A very curious little bird was found by Mr
Jackson on Mount Elgon at a height of 11,000
feet, and I remember saying to Mr. Mackinder
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
that he was bound to find the same sort of lit-
tle chat on Mount Kenya, at a height of 11,000
Scientific classification feet. This he did, and it was the same species
Kingdom: Animalia as the Mount Elgon bird, an ordinary-looking
little brown chat, with a good deal of white in
Phylum: Chordata the tail.
Class: Aves —Dr Bowdler Sharpe, A Journey to the Summit of
Mount Kenya, British East Africa: Discussion[2]
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
References
Genus: Cercomela
[1] Birds of Africa south of the Sahara, Ian Sinclair and
Species: C. sordida Peter Ryan (2003) Struik ISBN 1-86872-857-9
[2] ^ Thomas Holdich et al. (1900) A Journey to the
Binomial name
Summit of Mount Kenya, British East Africa: Discussion
Cercomela sordida 15(5)
The Geographical Journal 15 pp. 476–486
(Ruppell, 1837)
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