Photo: John Jennens / Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Buff-streaked Chat
Campicoloides bifasciatus
Buff-streaked Chat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Africa.
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The Buff-streaked Chat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) is a member of the Muscicapidae family found in Africa. Adults weigh 35 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Muscicapidae Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Genus Campicoloides
- Species bifasciatus
Quick facts
- Weight
- 35 g
- Diet
- Invertebrate-eaters
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Grassland & open country
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Buff-streaked Chat is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Behaviour
A bird of rocky terrain, it spends much of its time perched in trees and shrubs.
Migration
The Buff-streaked Chat is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Buff-streaked Chat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) belongs to the Muscicapidae family of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Africa. Its distribution covers AF South Africa.
It is a small bird. Adults weighs around 35 g, with a wing length of about 8.9 cm and a tail of around 6.5 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 245,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Buff-streaked Chat?
The Buff-streaked Chat is a small bird that weighs around 35 g.
Where does the Buff-streaked Chat live?
The Buff-streaked Chat is found across Africa with a range covering AF South Africa, where it favours open grassland, scrub and lightly vegetated country.
What family does the Buff-streaked Chat belong to?
The Buff-streaked Chat (Campicoloides bifasciatus) belongs to the Muscicapidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Buff-streaked Chat eat?
The Buff-streaked Chat is a invertivore — it feeds mainly on invertebrates such as insects and other small prey.
Does the Buff-streaked Chat migrate?
The Buff-streaked Chat is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Buff-streaked Chat endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Buff-streaked Chat make?
1 real field recording of the Buff-streaked Chat — including its song — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Buff-streaked Chat's range?
The Buff-streaked Chat has a mapped global range of about 245,000 km².
Conservation
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