Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)

Other Names (World)
Red-capped Robin-Chat, Rufous-capped Robin-chat, Natal Robin-chat (nominate)

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
Smith, 1840

Range (Guide)

Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Botswana, Cameroon, Namibia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (96)...)

Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis) [XC137553]
by James Bradley from Mainaro, Kibale National Park, Kamwenge, Western Region, Uganda (song)

Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis) [XC383458]
by Louis A. Hansen from Chale Island, Kwale, Kenya (song)

Subspecies
Several records of hybridization with Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) in eastern South Africa. Hybrids described as Cossypha haagneri. Additional subspecies have been described, but unequivocal diagnosis of these generally problematic, and further complicated by imperfectly understood migratory regimes.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

larischi Meise, 1958 - Nigeria south to northern Angola.
intensa Mearns, 1913 - South-eastern Central African Republic, southern Sudan, south-western Ethiopia and southern Somalia south to eastern Angola and north-eastern South Africa.
natalensis Smith, 1840 - Eastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal south to eastern Cape).

References
See References.

Files:

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