Rüppell's Black Chat is entirely black, with a large white wing patch that becomes conspicuous in flight. It lives in rocky northern Abyssinian highlands and feeds on invertebrates on the ground.
Its plumage is entirely black. A large white patch on the outer wing is concealed when the bird is perched but conspicuous in flight.
It uses rocky cliffs, gorges, and montane habitats and searches on the ground for invertebrates.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.