The brown-tailed rock chat (''Oenanthe scotocerca'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry

shrubland Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...

. The brown-tailed rock chat was formerly included in the genus ''Cercomela''.

Molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

studies published in 2010 and 2012 found that the genus ''Cercomela'' was polyphyletic with five species, including the brown-tailed rock chat, phylogenetically nested within the genus '' Oenanthe''. As part of a reorganization of the species to create monotypic genera, the brown-tailed rock chat was moved to the genus ''Oenanthe''. It is insectivorous.

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brown-tailed rock chat The brown-tailed rock chat (''Oenanthe scotocerca'') is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry ...

Birds of Central Africa Birds of the Horn of Africa

Taxa named by Theodor von Heuglin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Muscicapidae-stub