Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa)

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A plaintive 'toy-toy, toy-toy' uttered in contact. Song is loud and bubbly, including much mimicry of other birds.

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Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC519628]
by Derek Solomon from Kologha Forest, Amahlathi Local Municipality, Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC811970]
by Rick Nuttall from George Municipality (near Wilderness), Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Several records of hybridization with Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis) in Eastern Cape. Hybrids described as Cossypha haagneri.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

mimica Clancey, 1981 - Northern South Africa (eastern northern Province).
dichroa (Gmelin, 1789) - Mpumalanga and Swaziland south, including eastern Lesotho, to eastern western Cape.

References
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Files:

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