Thrushes (Turdidae)
Black Scrub-robin (Cercotrichas podobe) - HBW 10, p. 762
French: Agrobate podobé
German: Rußheckensänger
Spanish: Alzacola Negro
Other common names: Black Bush-robin, Black Bush-chat
Taxonomy: Turdus podobe Statius Muller, 1776, Senegal.
Differs from Erythropygia in generally larger size and distinctively black plumage. Race melanoptera apparently intergrades with nominate in W Arabia, where sample of museum skins revealed 25% showing traces of rufous in wing. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- podobe (Statius Muller, 1776) - S Mauritania and N Senegal E to NE Sudan, N Ethiopia and W Arabia; non-breeding also N Somalia.
- melanoptera (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - W, C & S Arabian Peninsula.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two birds displaying their tails Locality Saudi Arabia (ssp melanoptera)
John Gregory 30 April 2002 4 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A bird walking on the ground and flicking its tail Locality Dywidag Compound, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (ssp melanoptera)
Tom Tarrant 1992 6 years ago 36 sec 3.6 -
A bird feeding on the ground Locality Dywidag Compound, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (ssp melanoptera)
Tom Tarrant 1992 6 years ago 29 sec 3.1 -
A bird perched on a branch and going away, then perched on a trunk Locality Dywidag Compound, Riyadh Province, Saudi Arabia (ssp melanoptera)
Tom Tarrant 1992 6 years ago 32 sec 2.6
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Black Scrub-Robin
Locality Qatar
odehs 24 April 2012 4 weeks ago 4.5 -
a breeding resident in western Saudi Arabia
Locality Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
ammadoux 21 January 2012 18 weeks ago 4.4 -
on the ground
Locality Eilat, Israel
Lior Kislev 7 April 2010 22 weeks ago 4.4 -
a cute little one with long tail.
Locality Jeddah, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia
ammadoux 18 weeks ago 4 -
On the ground
Locality Yotvata, Arava Valley, Israel
Dani Valverde 30 March 2010 1 year ago 3.6 -
A bird on tree
Locality Sudan
hythumm 9 May 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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