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Tractrac Chat

Emarginata tractrac (Wilkes, J 1817)

The tractrac chat is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in southernmost Angola, western Namibia and western South Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Muscicapidae
Genus:
   Emarginata
Scientific:
  Emarginata tractrac


Original description

Citation:
  (Wilkes, J 1817)

Reference:
   Encycl. Londinensis 16 p.89

Protonym:
  Motacilla tractrac

Type locality:
  Auteniquois country, ex Levaillant [probably Orange River, vide Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., 2, p. 456].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265839#page/106/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  17DEACEDF386F93B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-17DEACED

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/17DEACED


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916854

Geographic range:

  • Emarginata tractrac tractrac: South Africa (Karoo to Aliwal)
  • Emarginata tractrac hoeschi: Coastal deserts of sw Angola and nw Namibia
  • Emarginata tractrac albicans: Coastal n Namibia (w Damaraland and n Great Namaqualand)
  • Emarginata tractrac barlowi: Namibia (central and s Great Namaqualand)
  • Emarginata tractrac nebulosa: Coastal sand dunes of sw Namibia and w South Africa
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English:
Tractrac Chat
Catalan:
còlit tractrac
Czech:
skalníček namibijský
Danish:
Grå Stensmutte
German:
Oranjeschmätzer
Spanish:
Colinegro Tractrac
Spanish (Spain):
Colinegro Tractrac
Finnish:
hopeatasku
French:
Traquet tractrac
Croatian:
srebrnasta bjeloguza
Italian:
Codinero tractrac
Japanese (romaji):
damariiwabitaki
Japanese:
ダマリイワビタキ
Lithuanian:
Šviesusis uolinis šnekutis
Dutch:
Woestijnspekvreter
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Traktrakskvett
Norwegian:
Traktrakskvett
Polish:
szareczka blada
Portuguese:
Chasco-pálido
Portuguese (Portugal):
chasco-pálido
Russian:
Намибская трактрака
Slovak:
skaliarik traktrak
Serbian:
Kuckajuća crnorepka
Swedish:
traktrakskvätta
Ukrainian:
Трактрак блідий
Chinese:
特拉岩䳭
Chinese (Traditional):
特拉岩鵖


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Traquet tractrac ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Traquet tractrac ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Layard's Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Layard's Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Layard's Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cercomela tractrac [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cercomela tractrac [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cercomela tractrac [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Tractrac Chat ( Cercomela tractrac) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Tractrac Chat ( Emarginata tractrac) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cercomela tractrac [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cercomela tractrac [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Woestynspekvreter
Catalan: còlit tractrac
Czech: Skalnícek namibijský, skalníček namibijský
Danish: Grå Stensmutte
German: Namibschmätzer, Oranjeschmätzer
English: Layard's Chat, Tractrac Chat
English, HBW: Tractrac Chat
English (IOC): Tractrac Chat
English (United States): Tractrac Chat
Esperanto: Traktrakulo
Spanish: Colinegro Tractrac
Spanish (Spain): Colinegro Tractrac
Spanish (HBW): Tractrac Chat
Estonian: hõbe-kaljutäks
Finnish: Hopeatasku
French: Motteux tractrac, Traquet de roche des savanes, Traquet de roche pâle, Traquet tractrac
Croatian: srebrnasta bjeloguza
Italian: Codinero tractrac, Sassicola Tractrac
Japanese (romaji): damariiwabitaki
Japanese: ダマリイワビタキ
Scientific: Cercomela layardi, Cercomela tractrac, Cercomela tractrac tractrac, Dromolaea cinerea, Emarginata tractrac, Emarginata tractrac tractrac, Motacilla tractrac, Myrmecocichla cinerea, Oenanthe cinerea, Saxicola cinerea, Saxicola layardi, Saxicola levaillantii, Saxicola tractrac, Sylvia cinerea
Lithuanian: Šviesusis uolinis šnekutis
Dutch: Woestijnspekvreter, Woestijn-spekvreter
Norwegian Nynorsk: Traktrakskvett
Norwegian: Traktrakskvett
Polish: szareczka blada
Portuguese: Chasco-pálido
Portuguese (Portugal): chasco-pálido
Russian: Намибская трактрака, Равнинный скромный чекан
Slovak: skaliarik traktrak
Serbian: Kuckajuća crnorepka
Swedish: Traktrakskvätta
Turkish: Traktrak bülbülü
Ukrainian: Трактрак блідий
Chinese: 特拉岩䳭, 特拉岩(即鸟), 特拉岩鵖
Chinese (Traditional): 特拉岩鵖

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