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Rüppell's robin-chat

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Species of bird

Rüppell's robin-chat
C. s. intercedens in Kenya
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species: C. semirufa
Binomial name
Cossypha semirufa
(Rüppell, 1837)

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.

Description

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.

Range

It is native to Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania.

Habitat

It is found in subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, including Juniper and Podocarpus forest, and in subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and gardens.

Races

There are three races:

The nominate race in Ethiopia
  • 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
Range: south-eastern Ethiopia and adjacent Somalia
  • Cossypha semirufa intercedens (Cabanis, 1878)
Range: central to south-eastern Kenya and northern Tanzania

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa) - HBW 10, p. 738". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
Taxon identifiers
Cossypha semirufa
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