Familiar Chat (Oenanthe familiaris)

Familiar Chat, a reference photo — Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence)

The familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara in rocky and mountainous habitat and around human habitation.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Familiar Chat being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Emarginata sinuata
Agricola infuscatus

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Oenanthe
Species: Oenanthe familiaris

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