Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Muscicapidae > Emarginata > Emarginata sinuataEmarginata sinuata (Sickle-winged Chat)Synonyms: Cercomela sinuata; Luscinia sinuata (homotypic) The sickle-winged chat or sicklewing chat (Cercomela sinuata) is a small passerine bird of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae endemic to southern Africa. It is a common resident breeder in South Africa and Lesotho, and is also found in southernmost areas of Botswana and Namibia. Its habitat is Karoo scrub, short grassland, and barren sandy or stony areas. In western coastal areas, it also occurs on agricultural land. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.00309 EDGE Score: 1.79227 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 18.1 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 2.5 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 40 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 60 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [4] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Albany thickets |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Drakensberg alti-montane grasslands and woodlands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Highveld grasslands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kalahari xeric savanna |
Botswana, Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Lowland fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Montane fynbos and renosterveld |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Nama Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Namibian savanna woodlands |
Angola, Namibia |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Succulent Karoo |
Namibia, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Anysberg Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Augrabies Falls National Park |
South Africa |
A3 |
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Barberspan and Leeupan |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Bitterputs Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Cedarberg: Koue Bokkeveld complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Haramoep and Black Mountain Mine Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kamfers Dam |
South Africa |
A4i |
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Karoo National Park |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Karoo Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4ii |
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Kouga: Baviaanskloof complex |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Liqobong |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lower Berg river wetlands |
South Africa |
A4i, A4iii |
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Mafika: Lisiu |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mattheus-Gat Conservation Area (proposed) |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Natal Drakensberg Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Olifants river estuary |
South Africa |
A3, A4i |
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Overberg wheatbelt |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Platberg-Karoo Conservancy |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Sandveld and Bloemhof Dam Nature Reserves |
South Africa |
A1, A4i |
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Sehlabathebe National Park |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sehonghong and Matebeng |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Southern Langeberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Sperrgebiet |
Namibia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Swartberg mountains |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Upper Quthing Valley |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Upper Senqu River |
Lesotho |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Verlorenvlei |
South Africa |
A4i |
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West Coast National Park and Saldanha Bay islands |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Herholdt, JJ 1988. Bird weights from the Orange Free State. Part I: Non-passerines and Part II: Passerines. Safring News 17:
3–14 and 43–57 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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