Familiar Chat
Oenanthe familiaris
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyMuscicapidae (Papamosques del Vell Món)
- GenusOenanthe (Wheatears and Allies)
- SpeciesOenanthe familiaris (Familiar Chat)
Closest Relatives at Waterberg Plateau Park
Capped Wheatear
Oenanthe pileata
White-browed Scrub Robin
Erythropygia leucophrys
Short-toed Rock-Thrush
Monticola brevipes
Mariqua Flycatcher
Bradornis mariquensis
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Erythropygia paena
Chat Flycatcher
Bradornis infuscatus
Southern Anteater-Chat
Myrmecocichla formicivora
Spotted Flycatcher
Muscicapa striata
African Red-eyed Bulbul
Pycnonotus nigricans
Green-backed Camaroptera
Camaroptera brachyura
Pale-winged Starling
Onychognathus nabouroup
Fork-tailed Drongo
Dicrurus adsimilis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Familiar Chat in Waterberg Plateau Park?
About 44% of visitor-days record a Familiar Chat sighting in Waterberg Plateau Park, based on 51 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Familiar Chat in Waterberg Plateau Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Familiar Chat in Waterberg Plateau Park in our monthly data.