African Species List

Mainland and adjacent islands

Part 11 - Robins to Boulder Chat

White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Starred Robin, White-starred Bush-Robin

P. s. stellata -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. margaritata
P. s. intensa -- Alternative English Name(s): Orange-bellied Bush-Robin
P. s. ruwenzorii -- Alternative English Name(s): Ruwenzori Starred Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. eurydensis, P. s. friedmanni
P. s. elgonensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Elgon Starred Robin
P. s. guttifer -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Starred Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. keniensis
P. s. pallidiflava
P. s. macarthuri
P. s. helleri
P. s. orientalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Usambara Starred Robin, Nyasa Starred Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. montanus, P. s. johnstoni, P. s. olivaceus
P. s. transvaalensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal Starred Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. s. chiridensis, P. s. lebombo, P. s. hygrica

Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnertonia swynnertoni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Swynnerton's Bush-Robin

S. s. swynnertoni -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. s. umbratica
S. s. rodgersi

Forest Robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax) -- Alternative English Name(s): Robin-Warbler, Robin

S. e. erythrothorax
S. e. gabonensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon Forest Robin
S. e. xanthogaster -- Alternative English Name(s): Bitye Forest Robin, Uganda Forest Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. e. mabirae

Bocage's Akalat (Sheppardia bocagei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Bocage's Robin, Rufous-cheeked Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. insulana

S. b. bocagei
S. b. chapini
S. b. ilyai
S. b. kaboboensis -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. b. hallae
S. b. kungwensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Moreau's Robin-Chat
S. b. schoutedeni
S. p. poensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Alexander's Akalat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. p. insulana
S. b. granti -- Alternative English Name(s): Alexander's Akalat

Akalat (Sheppardia cyornithopsis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lowland Akalat, Uele Akalat

S. c. houghtoni
S. c. cyornithopsis -- Alternative English Name(s): Akalat
S. c. lopezi -- Alternative English Name(s): Uele Akalat

Equatorial Akalat (Sheppardia aequatorialis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Lumbwa Akalat

S. a. aequatorialis -- Alternative English Name(s): Lumbwa Akalat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. a. palludigularis
S. a. acholiensis

Sharpe's Akalat (Sheppardia sharpei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sharpe's Alethe

S. s. sharpei -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. s. bangsi
S. s. usambarae

East Coast Akalat (Sheppardia gunningi) -- Alternative English Name(s):Gunning's Akalat, Gunning's Robin

S. g. gunningi -- Alternative English Name(s): Beira Akalat
S. g. sokokensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Sokoke Akalat
S. g. bensoni

Gabela Akalat (Sheppardia gabela)

Usambara Akalat (Sheppardia montana) -- Alternative English Name(s): Usambara Alethe, Usambara Ground Robin

Iringa Akalat (Sheppardia lowei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Iringa Alethe, Iringa Ground Robin

European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) -- Alternative English Name(s): Robin

E. r. rubecula
E. r. witherbyi
E. r. superbus

Thrush Nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sprosser -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. philomela, L. bohmi

Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Nightingale

L. m. megarhynchos
L. m. africana -- Alternative English Name(s): Persian Nightingale
L. m. hafizi -- Alternative English Name(s): Turkestan Nightingale -- Alternative scientific name(s): L. m. golzii

Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-spotted Bluethroat, White-spotted Bluethroat

L. s. svecica -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-spotted Bluethroat
L. s. cyanecula -- Alternative English Name(s): White-spotted Bluethroat
L. s. magna -- Alternative English Name(s): Persian White-spotted Bluethroat, Iran Bluethroat
L. s. volgae

Siberian Rubythroat (Luscinia calliope)

Irania (Irania gutturalis) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-throated Robin, Persian Robin

White-bellied Robin-Chat (Cossyphicula roberti) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-bellied Robin

C. r. roberti -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. r. poensis
C. r. rufescentior -- Alternative English Name(s): East Congo White-bellied Robin-Chat

Mountain Robin-Chat (Cossypha isabellae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mountain Robin

C. i. batesi -- Alternative English Name(s): Banso Mountain Robin-Chat
C. i. isabellae -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Mountain Robin-Chat

Archer's Robin-Chat (Cossypha archeri) -- Alternative English Name(s): Archer's Ground-Robin, Archer's Robin

C. a. archeri -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. albimentalis
C. a. kimbutui

Olive-flanked Robin-Chat (Cossypha anomala) -- Alternative English Name(s): Olive-flanked Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. albigularis, C. macclounii

C. a. grotei -- Alternative English Name(s): Uluguru White-throated Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. albigularis
C. a. anomala -- Alternative English Name(s): Uele Anomalous Alethe -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. polioptera, C. a. gurue
C. a. gurue
C. a. macclounii -- Alternative English Name(s): MacCloun's Alethe -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. porotoensis, C. a. njombe
C. a. mbuluensis

Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra) -- Alternative English Name(s): Robin-Chat

C. c. iolaema -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Robin-Chat
C. c. kivuensis
C. c. caffra -- Alternative English Name(s): Jan Fredric -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. drakensbergi
C. c. drakensbergi
C. c. namaquensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Namaqua Robin-Chat
C. c. vespera

White-throated Robin-Chat (Cossypha humeralis) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. crepuscula

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (Cossypha cyanocampter) -- Alternative English Name(s): Blue-shouldered Robin

C. c. cyanocampter -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. periculosa
C. c. bartteloti -- Alternative English Name(s): Congo Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. pallidiventris

Grey-winged Robin-Chat (Cossypha polioptera) -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-winged Robin

C. p. polioptera -- Alternative English Name(s): Pygmy White-browed Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. p. somereni, C. p. grimwoodi
C. p. nigriceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Genderu Grey-winged Robin-Chat
C. p. tessmanni -- Alternative English Name(s): Prairie Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Ruppell's Robin-Chat (Cossypha semirufa) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-tailed Robin-Chat, Rupell's Robin

C. s. semirufa -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. saturatior
C. s. donaldsoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Harrar Ruppell's Robin-Chat
C. s. intercedens -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Ruppell's Robin-Chat

White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-browed Robin-Chat, Heuglin's Robin, Heuglin's Robin-Chat

C. h. heuglini -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. occidentalis, C. h. mwinilunga
C. h. intermedia -- Alternative English Name(s): Mombasa Heuglin's Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. euronota
C. h. subrufescens -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Heuglin's Robin-Chat

Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cosyspha natalensis) -- Alternative English Name(s): Natal Robin-Chat, Natal Robin

C. n. intensa -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. n. hylophona, C. n. garguensis, C. n. tennetti, C. n. seclusa, C. n. egregior
C. n. natalensis
C. n. larischi

Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) -- Alternative English Name(s): Piet-myn-Vrouw, Chorister Robin

C. d. dichroa -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. d. haagneri
C. d. mimica

White-headed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heinrichi) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angolan White-headed Robin-Chat, Angola Robin

Snowy-headed Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) -- Alternative English Name(s): Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

C. n. niveicapilla -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. n. verticalis, C. n. melanoptera
C. n. melanota -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapilla)

C. a. albicapilla
C. a. giffardi -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian White-crowned Robin-Chat, Genderu White-crowned Robin-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. a. genderuensis
C. a. omoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo White-crowned Robin-Chat

Angola Cave-Chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei) -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Dyal-bird

Collared Palm-Thrush (Cichladusa arquata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Collared Morning-Thrush, Morning Warbler

Red-tailed Palm-Thrush (Cichladusa ruficauda) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-tailed Morning Thrush, Red-tailed Morning Warbler, Rufous-tailed Palm-Thrush

Spotted Palm-Thrush (Cichladusa guttata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spotted Morning Thrush, Spotted Morning Warbler

C. g. guttata
C. g. intercalans
C. g. rufipennis -- Alternative English Name(s): Lamu Spotted Palm-Thrush -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. g. mulleri

Forest Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucosticta) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. collsi

C. l. leucosticta -- Alternative English Name(s): Gold Coast Bearded Scrub-Robin
C. l. colstoni
C. l. collsi -- Alternative English Name(s): Coll's Scrub-Robin
C. l. reachenowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Reichenow's Scrub-Robin

Bearded Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas quadrivirgata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Bearded Scrub-Robin

C. q. quadrivirgata -- Alternative English Name(s): Tana River Bearded Scrub-Robin, Zambesi Bearded Scub-Robin, Juba River Bearded Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. q. ruvumae, C. q. wilsoni, C. q. erlangeri
C. q. greenwayi

Miombo Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas barbata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Central Bearded Scrub Robin, Bearded Scrub-Robin, Miombo Bearded Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. b. thamnodytes

Brown Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas signata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown Robin-Chat

C. s. signata -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. reclusa, C. s. oatleyi
C. s. tongensis

Brown-backed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas hartlaubi) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. h. hartlaubi, C. h. kenia

White-browed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Grevetin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. zambesiana, C. leucoptera

C. l. leucoptera -- Alternative English Name(s): White-winged Scrub-Robin
C. l. eluta -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. pallida
C. l. vulpina -- Alternative English Name(s): Teita White-winged Scrub-Robin
C. l. brunneiceps -- Alternative English Name(s): Natron Lake White-winged Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. ukambensis
C. l. sclateri
C. l. zambesiana -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Congo Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Uganda Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Loita Red-backed Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. iubilaea, C. l. ruficauda, C. l. vansomereni, C. l. soror, C. l. iodomera
C. l. munda -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola White-browed Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. permutata, C. l. kabalii, C. l. makalaka
C. l. ovamboensis
C. l. leucophrys -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal White-browed Scrub-Robin -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. l. pectoralis, C. l. limpopoensis

Rufous Bush Chat (Cercotrichas galactotes) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin, Rufous Warbler, Rufous Bush Robin, Rufous Scrub-Robin

C. g. galactotes
C. g. minor -- Alternative English Name(s): Lesser Rufous Bush-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. g. oliviae
C. g. hamertoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Somali Sandy Scrub-Robin
C. g. syriacus -- Alternative English Name(s): Syrian Grey-backed Warbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. g. plebia, C. g. psammochroa
C. g. familiaris -- Alternative English Name(s): Caucasus Grey-backed Warbler

Kalahari Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas paena) -- Alternative English Name(s): Kalahari Sandy Scrub-Robin

C. p. paena -- Alternative English Name(s): Sandy Scrub-Robn
C. p. oriens
C. p. damarensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Damara Kalahari Scrub-Robin
C. p. benguellensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Kalahari Scrub-Robin

Karoo Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas coryphaeus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Dancing Scrub-Robin, Bush Creeper

C. c. coryphaeus
C. c. cinereus -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. c. abbotti
C. c. eurina

Black Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas podobe) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Bush Robin

C. p. podobe

Herero Chat (Namibornis herero) -- Alternative English Name(s): Herero Thrush-Flycatcher

Black Redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros)

P. o. gibraltariensis
P. o. phoenicuroides -- Alternative English Name(s): Kashmir Redstart

Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Redstart

P. p. phoenicurus
P. p. samamisicus -- Alternative English Name(s): White-winged Redstart -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. p. mesoleuca, P. p. bonapartii

Moussier's Redstart (Phoenicurus moussieri)

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. r. spatzi

African Stonechat (Saxicola torquata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Stonechat

S. t. torquata -- Alternative English Name(s): South African Stonechat, Natal Stonechat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. t. robusta, S. t. caffra, S. t. orientalis
S. t. clanceyi
S. t. stonei
S. t. oreobates
S. t. promiscua -- Alternative English Name(s): Uluguru Stonechat
S. t. axillaris -- Alternative English Name(s): Kilimanjaro Stonechat -- Alternative scientific name(s): Saxicola axillaris
S. t. albofasciata -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Stonechat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. t. hemprichi
S. t. salax -- Alternative English Name(s): Gabon Stonechat, Cameroon Stonechat, Adamawa Stonechat -- Alternative scientific name(s): S. t. palludigula, S. t. adamauae
S. t. moptana
S. t. nebularum
S. t. jebelmarrae -- Alternative English Name(s): Jebel Marra Stonechat
S. t. rubicola -- Alternative English Name(s): Common Stonechat, European Stonechat
S. t. armenica -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian Stonechat Alternative scientific name(s): S. t. indica
S. t. variegata
S. t. sibilla
S. t. voeltzkowi

Siberian Stonechat (Saxicola maura) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ural Stonechat

Buff-streaked Chat (Oenanthe bifasciata)

White-crowned Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucopyga) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-tailed Wheatear, White-rumped Wheatear, White-rumped Chat

O. l. aegra -- Alternative English Name(s): Algerian White-crowned Black Wheatear
O. l. leucopyga
O. l. ernesti

Hooded Wheatear (Oenanthe monacha) -- Alternative English Name(s): Hooded Chat

Black Wheatear (Oenanthe leucura) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black Chat

O. l. syenitica -- Alternative English Name(s): Rio de Oro Black Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. l. riggenbachi

Mountain Chat (Oenanthe monticola) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mountain Wheatear

O. m. monticola -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. m. griseiceps
O. m. atmorii -- Alternative English Name(s): Damaraland Mountain Chat
O. m. albipileata -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Mountain Chat
O. m. nigricauda

Somali Wheatear (Oenanthe phillipsi)

European Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) -- Alternative English Name(s): Northern Wheatear, Wheatear

O. o. oenanthe -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. o. integer, O. o. rostrata, O. o. oenanthoides
O. o. libanotica -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. o. nivea, O. o. virago, O. o argentea
O. o. leucorrhoa -- Alternative English Name(s): Greenland Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. o. schioleri
O. o. seebohmi

Mourning Wheatear (Oenanthe lugens) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-under-winged Wheatear, White-under-winged Chat

O. l. halophila
O. l. lugens
O. l. persica -- Alternative English Name(s): Persian Mourning Wheatear
O. l. lugubris -- Alternative English Name(s): Schalow's Wheatear, Abyssinian Black Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): Oenanthe lugubris
O. l. vauriei
O. l. schalowi -- Alternative English Name(s): Schalow's Wheatear, Schalow's Chat

Finsch's Wheatear (Oenanthe finschii)

Red-rumped Wheatear (Oenanthe moesta) -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. m. theresae, O. m. moesta, O. m. brooksbanki

Black-eared Wheatear (Oenanthe hispanica) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spanish Wheatear

O. h. hispanica
O. h. melanoleuca -- Alternative English Name(s): Eastern Black-eared Wheatear

Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe pleschanka) -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. leucomela, O. vittata, O. somalica

Eastern Pied Wheatear (Oenanthe picata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Variable Wheatear

Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca) -- Alternative English Name(s): Cyprian Pied Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. pleschanka cypriaca

Red-tailed Wheatear (Oenanthe xanthoprymna) -- Alternative English Name(s): Rufous-tailed Wheatear, Red-rumped Wheatear, Red-rumped Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. chrysopygia

O. x. xanthoprymna -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. x. cummingi, O. x. hawkeri
O. x. chrysopygia

Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) -- Alternative English Name(s): Desert Chat

O. d. homochroa
O. d. deserti -- Alternative English Name(s): Indian Desert Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. d. atrogularis, O. d. albifrons
O. d. oreophila -- Alternative English Name(s): Tibet Desert Wheatear

Capped Wheatear (Oenanthe pileata)

O. p. pileata
O. p. livingstonii -- Alternative English Name(s): Zambesi Capped Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. p. albinotata
O. p. neseri

Isabelline Wheatear (Oenanthe isabellina) -- Alternative English Name(s): Isabelline Chat

Botta's Wheatear (Oenanthe bottae) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-breasted Wheatear, Red-breasted Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. b. bottae, O. b. frenata

Heuglin's Wheatear (Oenanthe heuglini) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-breasted Wheatear, Nile Valley Red-breasted Wheatear, Nile Valley Red-breasted Chat, Nigerian Red-breasted Wheatear -- Alternative scientific name(s): O. h. heuglini, O. h. campicolina

Sickle-winged Chat (Cercomela sinuata) -- Alternative English Name(s): Red-rumped Sickle-winged Chat

C. s. sinuata
C. s. ensifera
C. s. hypemephela

Karoo Chat (Cercomela schlegelii) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-rumped Sickle-winged Chat

C. s. pollux -- Alternative English Name(s): Grey-rumped Karoo Chat
C. s. schlegelii
C. s. benguellensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Benguella Karoo Chat
C. s. namaquensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Namaqualand Karoo Chat
C. s. kobosensis

Tractrac Chat (Cercomela tractrac) -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. layardi

C. t. tractrac
C. t. albicans
C. t. barlowi
C. t. hoeschi
C. t. nebulosa

Familiar Chat (Cercomela familiaris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Spekvreter, Red-tailed Chat

C. f. familiaris
C. f. galtoni -- Alternative English Name(s): Damara Familiar Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. f. damarensis, C. f. dodsoni
C. f. angolensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Familiar Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. f. richardi, C. f. hoeschi
C. f. hellmayri -- Alternative English Name(s): Transvaal Familiar Chat
C. f. actuosa
C. f. falkensteini -- Alternative English Name(s): Nyasa Familiar Chat, Gambaga Familiar Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. f. modesta, C. f. tessmanni, C. f. genderuensis, C. f. senaarensis, C. f. gambagae
C. f. modesta
C. f. omoensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo Familiar Chat

Brown-tailed Rock-Chat (Cercomela scotocerca) -- Alternative English Name(s): Brown-tailed Chat

C. s. scotocerca -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. fuscicaudata
C. s. furensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Darfur Brown-tailed Rock-Chat
C. s. spectatrix -- Alternative English Name(s): East Somali Brown-tailed Rock-Chat, Awash Brown-tailed Rock-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. enigma
C. s. validior
C. s. turkana -- Alternative English Name(s): Turkana Brown-tailed Rock-Chat

Sombre Rock-Chat (Cercomela dubia) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sombre Chat

Blackchat (Cercomela melanura) -- Alternative English Name(s): Black-tailed Rock-Chat

C. m. lypura -- Alternative English Name(s): Danakil Blackchat
C. m. aussae
C. m. airensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Asben Blackchat
C. m. ultima
C. m. melanura

Hill Chat (Cercomela sordida) -- Alternative English Name(s): Moorland Chat

C. s. sordida -- Alternative English Name(s): Harrar Moorland Chat, Shoa Moorland Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. schoana, C. s. djamdjamensis, C. s. erlangeri
C. s. ernesti -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Moorland Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): C. s. rudolfi
C. s. rudolfi
C. s. hypospodia -- Alternative English Name(s): Kilimanjaro Moorland Chat
C. s. olimotiensis

Congo Moor-Chat (Myrmecocichla tholloni) -- Alternative English Name(s): Moor-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. t. tholloni, M. t. chaboti, M. t. lynesi

Northern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla aethiops)

M. a. aethiops -- Alternative English Name(s): Nigerian Anteater Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. buchanani
M. a. sudanensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Darfur Anteater-Chat
M. a. cryptoleuca -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Anteater-Chat

Southern Anteater-Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora) -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. f. formicivora, M. f. minor

Sooty Chat (Myrmecocichla nigra)

Ruppell's Chat (Myrmecocichla melaena) -- Alternative English Name(s): Ruppell's Black-Chat

White-fronted Black Chat (Myrmecocichla albifrons)

M. a. frontalis -- Alternative English Name(s): Senegal White-fronted Black Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. reichenowi
M. a. limbata -- Alternative English Name(s): Cameroon White-shouldered Black Chat
M. a. clericalis -- Alternative English Name(s): White-shouldered Black Chat
M. a. pachyrhyncha -- Alternative English Name(s): Omo White-fronted Black Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. macmillani
M. a. albifrons

Arnott's Chat (Myrmecocichla arnotti) -- Alternative English Name(s): White-headed Black Chat

M. a. arnotti -- Alternative English Name(s): Morogoro Arnott's Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. a. shelleyi, M. a. leucolaemia, M. a. collaris
M. a. harterti -- Alternative English Name(s): Angola Arnott's Chat

Mocking Chat (Myrmecochicla cinnamomeiventris) -- Alternative English Name(s): Mocking Cliff-Chat, Cliff Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. argentata

M. c. cinnamomeiventris
M. c. autochthones
M. c. subrufipennis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kenya Cliff-Chat, Silvery Cliff-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): M. c. usambarae, M. c. argentata
M. c. odica
M. c. albiscapulata -- Alternative English Name(s): Abyssinian Cliff-Chat
M. c. kordofanensis -- Alternative English Name(s): Kordofan White-Crowned Cliff-Chat
M. c. coronata -- Alternative English Name(s): White-crowned Cliff-Chat -- Alternative scientific name(s): Myrmecocichla coronata, M. c. claudi
M. c. cavernicola
M. c. bambarae -- Alternative English Name(s): Bambarae Mocking Cliff-Chat

White-winged Cliff-Chat (Myrmecocichla semirufa)

Boulder Chat (Pinarornis plumosus) -- Alternative English Name(s): Sooty Rock-Chat, Sooty Babbler, Matopo Sooty Babbler -- Alternative scientific name(s): P. p. plumosus, P. p. rhodesiae