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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Chorister Robin-Chat* |
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Cossypha dichroa |
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Description (10)
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Chorister Robin-Chat
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)
Size
20 cm
First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)
Habitat
Forest and coastal thickets.
South Africa, Swaziland.
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.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (66)...)
Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC273367]
by Faansie Peacock from Komga (near Amatola Coastal), Amatole, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC443699]
by Frank Lambert from Hanglip, 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
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Chorister Robin-Chat see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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