Chats are a group of small Old World insectivorous birds formerly classified as members of the thrush family, but following genetic DNA analysis are now considered to belong to the Old World flycatche
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World, with the exception of several vagrants and two species, bluethroat and northern wh
Chat (bird)
…insectivorous birds formerly classified as members of the thrush family (Turdidae), but following genetic DNA analysis are now considered to belong to the Old World flycatcher family (Muscicapidae). The name is normally applied to the more robust ground-feeding flycatchers found in Europe and Asia and most northern species…