Boulder Chat (Pinarornis plumosus)
About the Boulder Chat
The boulder chat (Pinarornis plumosus) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae native to dry woodland and savanna in Southern Africa. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Pinarornis. The boulder chat was formally described in 1876 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe. He introduced a new genus specifically for this species and coined the binomial name Pinarornis plumosus. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek pinaros meaning "dirty" with ornis meaning "bird". The specific epithet plumosus is Latin and means "feathered" or "downy".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 4 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
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- Black-backed PuffbackDryoscopus cublarecording
- BrubruNilaus aferrecording
- Chinspot BatisBatis molitorrecording
- Fiery-necked NightjarCaprimulgus pectoralisrecording
- Fork-tailed DrongoDicrurus adsimilisrecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.