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title: "Karoo Chat"
description: "Emarginata schlegelii — Ptaki. The Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/karoo-chat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Karoo Chat

> Emarginata schlegelii — Ptaki. The Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Emarginata schlegelii*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 698
- iNaturalist taxon: [980210](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/980210)

## Names

- en: Karoo Chat
- de: Bleichschmätzer
- es: Colinegro del Karoo
- fr: Traquet du Karoo

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (574), NA (41)

## Summary

The Karoo chat (Emarginata schlegelii) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is a common resident breeder in southwesternmost Angola, western Namibia and western South Africa. Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub in the south, extending to the escarpment zone in the north.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/328775651

## Machine access

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