Afghanistan (B), Albania (B), Algeria, Armenia (B), Azerbaijan (B), Bahrain (B) (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B), Bulgaria (B), Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Georgia (B), Gibraltar, Greece (B), India, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Iraq (B), Israel (B), Italy, Jordan (B) (P), Kazakhstan (B), Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon (B), Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (B), Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Montenegro (B), Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B), Pakistan (B), Portugal (B), Qatar, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Serbia (B), Somalia, Spain (B), Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic (B), Tajikistan (B), Tunisia, Turkey (B), Turkmenistan (B), United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan (B), Western Sahara (B), Yemen.
Vagrant to China (mainland), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], France, Gambia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Malawi, Norway, Romania, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 - 1,200,000 (2010).
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) [XC80717]
by Thijs Fijen from Gonse Forest, China (song)
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas) [XC421988]
by tsilianidis saky from Parc du W, Tillab\u00e9ri Region, United Arab Emirates (call)
Subspecies
Genus often merged into Cercotrichas. Paler and greyer birds from Transcaspia described as subspecies deserticola; subsumed in familiaris, but possibly merits recognition.
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
galactotes (Temminck, 1820) - Southern and eastern Iberia (possibly also southern France), northern Africa (south to southern Algeria), Israel and south-western Syria. Non-breeding Sahel zone of western Africa.
syriaca (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Balkans east to western and southern Turkey, western Syria and Lebanon. Non-breeding north-eastern and eastern Africa.
familiaris (Ménétries, 1832) - Transcaucasia, south-eastern Turkey, Iraq and north-eastern and eastern Arabia east to southern Kazakhstan, eastern Iran, eastern Afghanistan and western Pakistan. Non-breeding north-eastern Africa.
minor (Cabanis, 1850) - Senegal and Gambia east to northern Somalia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor).
hamertoni (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - Eastern Somalia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas minor).
BirdLife International Species Factsheet