Chat (bird)

Chat (bird)
This article is about the Old World chats; see below for other birds called "chats".
Chats
Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Subfamily: Saxicolinae
Genera

About 30, see text.

Chats (formerly sometimes known as "Chat-thrushes") are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly[when?] classed as members of the thrush family Turdidae, but now[vague] considered Old World flycatchers.

This name is normally applied to the robust ground-feeding flycatchers found in Europe and Asia; these make up most of the subfamily Saxicolinae. There are a large number of genera. Most northern species are strong migrants.

Other songbirds called "chats" are:

  • Australian chats, genera Ashbyia and Epthianura of the honeyeater family (Meliphagidae). They belong to a more ancient lineage than Saxicolinae.
  • American chats, genus Granatellus of the cardinal family (Cardinalidae), formerly placed in the wood-warbler family. They belong to a more modern lineage than Saxicolinae.
  • Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens), an enigmatic North American songbird tentatively placed in the wood-warbler family (Parulidae); its true relationships are unresolved.

Species in taxonomic order

Saxicolinae genera not usually called "chats" are:

Aberrant redstarts, possibly belonging in this subfamily:

  • Genus Chaimarrornis - White-capped Redstart
  • Genus Rhyacornis (2 species)
  • Genus Hodgsonius - White-bellied Redstart

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