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title: "Familiar Chat"
description: "Oenanthe familiaris — Uccelli. The familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/familiar-chat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Familiar Chat

> Oenanthe familiaris — Uccelli. The familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Oenanthe familiaris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Montagne), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 5886
- Wikidata: [Q12265001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12265001)
- iNaturalist taxon: [980204](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980204)

## Names

- en: Familiar Chat
- de: Rostschwanz
- es: Colinegro Familiar
- fr: Traquet familier
- pt: Chasco-familiar
- pl: Białorzytka rdzawosterna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (4568), NA (762), ZW (46), MW (41), BW (26), GH (18), ZM (16), SZ (15), TZ (14), CF (13), NG (13), LS (12)

## Summary

The familiar chat (Oenanthe familiaris) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara in rocky and mountainous habitat and around human habitation.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familiar_chat

## Photo

![Familiar Chat](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/familiar-chat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/295456359

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/familiar-chat?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).