Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC747627]
by Tim Cockcroft from Ndlambe Local Municipality (near Bathurst), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (alarm call, imitation, song, mimicry\/imitation)
Chorister Robin-Chat (Cossypha dichroa) [XC312028]
by Lynette Rudman from Peddie (near Hamburg), Amatole, Eastern 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.