Rüppell's robin-chat
| Rüppell's robin-chat | |
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| C. s. intercedens in Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cossypha |
| Species: | C. semirufa
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| Binomial name | |
| Cossypha semirufa (Rüppell, 1840)
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The 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]
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, including Juniper and Podocarpus forest,[3] and in subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and gardens.
Races
There are three races:[4]
- 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
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa) - HBW 10, p. 738". The Internet Bird Collection. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
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