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Rüppell's robin-chat
Rüppell's robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, that is native to the Afrotropics. It is named for the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell.[2]
| Rüppell's robin-chat | |
|---|---|
| C. s. intercedens in Kenya | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cossypha |
| Species: | C. semirufa |
| Binomial name | |
| Cossypha semirufa (Rüppell, 1837) | |
Description edit
It is a smaller version of the White-browed robin-chat, measuring 18 cm rather than 20 cm, with darker, blackish central tail feathers, and in some races a more constricted supercilium behind the eye.[3]
Range edit
It is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania.
Habitat edit
It is found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests,[4] including Juniper and Podocarpus forest,[3] and in subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and gardens.
Races edit
There are three races:[5]
- Cossypha semirufa semirufa
- Range: Eritrea, Ethiopia, south-eastern South Sudan and northern Kenya
- Cossypha semirufa donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895
- Description: Rufous collar almost complete, upperparts darker than nominate[3]
- Range: south-eastern Ethiopia and adjacent Somalia
- Cossypha semirufa intercedens (Cabanis, 1878)
- Range: central to south-eastern Kenya and northern Tanzania
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cossypha semirufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709815A94223970. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709815A94223970.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Boelens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. p. 294. ISBN 0-300-10359-X.
- ^ a b c Redman, Nigel; Stevenson, Terry; Fanshawe, John (2009). Birds of the Horn of Africa Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Socotra. London: Christopher Helm. p. 304. ISBN 9781408135761.
- ^ Aerts, R.; Lerouge, F.; November, E. (2019). Birds of forests and open woodlands in the highlands of Dogu'a Tembien. In: Nyssen J., Jacob, M., Frankl, A. (Eds.). Geo-trekking in Ethiopia's Tropical Mountains - The Dogu'a Tembien District. SpringerNature. ISBN 978-3-030-04954-6.
- ^ "Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa) - HBW 10, p. 738". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 28 April 2016.