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Cape Robin-chat

Cossypha caffra

Description:

The Cape Robin-Chat is 16–17 cm long. The adult’s upper-parts are grey, and the face sides in front of and behind the eye are blackish, separated from the crown by a white supercilium. The chin, throat, central breast, rump, under-tail coverts and outer tail feathers are orange, and the central tail feathers are greyish-brown. The belly is pale grey.

Habitat:

It is a mainly resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa from Kenya south to Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, and Swaziland. It is a common species at forest edges and in scrub, fynbos, karoo, plantations, gardens and parks.

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4 Comments

MaithiliSave
MaithiliSave 11 years ago

Atul, I just came to know that this is a Cape Robin-chat. quite similar to common redstart.

Wild Things
Wild Things 11 years ago

Beautiful bird!

MaithiliSave
MaithiliSave 11 years ago

Thanks :)

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

lovely , this is a common redstart .If you know the common name you could either google it or check it out with wikipedia.

MaithiliSave
Spotted by
MaithiliSave

Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Spotted on May 8, 2012
Submitted on Jun 1, 2012

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