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Where does the Mocking Cliff-Chat live?

Thamnolaea cinnamomeiventris has 39,048 records in 31 countries and territories, from 1870 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Mocking Cliff-Chat
Mocking Cliff-Chat β€” Photo: Alandmanson Β· CC BY 4.0 Β· Wikimedia Commons
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesMuscicapidaeThamnolaea

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18702026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 29,427
Kenya 2,313
Ethiopia 2,010
Zimbabwe 1,010
Tanzania 960
Nigeria 935
Ghana 922
Uganda 348
Eswatini 304
Botswana 155
Malawi 129
Zambia 126
Senegal 80
Mozambique 78
Cameroon 70
Eritrea 41
Guinea 31
Mali 28
Rwanda 24
Lesotho 14
Burkina Faso 11
Benin 6
Mauritania 5
DR Congo 4
Central African Republic 4
CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 3
South Sudan 3
Greece 2
Niger 2
Sudan 1
Togo 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months β€” an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map β€” treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.