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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species:
C. semirufa
Binomial name
Cossypha semirufa
(Rüppell, 1840)

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.[3]

Range

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

Habitat

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

There are three races:[5]

The nominate race in Ethiopia
  • Cossypha semirufa semirufa
Range: Eritrea, Ethiopia, se South Sudan and n Kenya
  • Cossypha semirufa donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895
Description: Rufous collar almost complete, upperparts darker than nominate[3]
Range: se Ethiopia and adjacent Somalia
  • Cossypha semirufa intercedens (Cabanis, 1878)
Range: c to se Kenya and n Tanzania
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References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cossypha semirufa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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.
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