Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer)

Other Names (World)
Cape Robin-Chat, Robin Chat

Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
17 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1771)

Range (Guide)

Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (105)...)

Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra) [XC652746]
by Tony Archer from JB Marks Local Municipality (near Klipplaatdrif), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

Cape Robin-Chat (Cossypha caffra) [XC535739]
by isaac kilusu from City of Matlosana, Southern DC, North West, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
Proposed subspecies drakensbergi (north-eastern South Africa) synonymized with nominate.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

iolaema Reichenow, 1900 - Southern Sudan south to Malawi and northern Mozambique.
kivuensis Schouteden, 1937 - South-western Uganda and eastern DRCongo.
namaquensis Sclater, WL, 1911 - Southern Namibia and western and central South Africa (Northern Cape east to Free State).
caffra (Linnaeus, 1771) - Zimbabwe and north, eastern and southern South Africa (south to western Cape), including Swaziland and Lesotho.

References
See References.

Files:

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