Thrushes (Turdidae)
Cape Robin-chat (Cossypha caffra) - HBW 10, p. 738
French: Cossyphe du Cap
German: Kaprötel
Spanish: Cosifa Cafre
Other common names: Robin Chat
Taxonomy: Motacilla caffra Linnaeus, 1771, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa.
Proposed race drakensbergi (NE South Africa) synonymized with nominate. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- iolaema Reichenow, 1900 - S Sudan S to Malawi and N Mozambique.
- kivuensis Schouteden, 1937 - SW Uganda and E DRCongo.
- namaquensis W. L. Sclater, 1911 - S Namibia and W & C South Africa (Northern Cape E to Free State).
- caffra (Linnaeus, 1771) - Zimbabwe and N, E & S South Africa (S to Western Cape), including Swaziland and Lesotho.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird with a butterfly in its beak, perched on a branch Locality Klein River, Stanford, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp caffra)
Keith Blomerley 9 October 2004 6 years ago 8 sec 3.9 -
A bird rubbing its beak on a branch and flying away Locality Klein River, Stanford, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp caffra)
Keith Blomerley 9 October 2004 6 years ago 15 sec 3.9 -
A bird walking on the ground near a fence Locality Nairobi, Kenya (ssp iolaema)
Marc de Bont 17 November 2006 4 years ago 27 sec 3.6 -
An adult searching for food on the ground Locality Long Tom Pass, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa (ssp caffra)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 2 October 2002 8 years ago 15 sec 2.8 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Creighton, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa (ssp caffra)
Francesc Capdevila i Torr... 15 October 2002 8 years ago 15 sec 2.7
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An adult perched on a branch.
Locality Karoo National Park, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp namaquensis)
Carmelo López 27 November 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
Frontal view of a perched bird.
Locality Pofadder, Northern Cape Province, South Africa
Ken Havard 12 October 2007 1 year ago 3.4 -
Cape Robin-chat perched on a bush
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Rhonda Hansch 30 September 2008 22 weeks ago 3.3 -
Perched in dead tree
Locality Tygerberg Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp caffra)
Loutjie Steenberg 15 July 2011 44 weeks ago 3 -
bird perched in a bush
Locality Sani Pass, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Juhasz Tibor 1 December 2001 3 years ago 3 -
Adult perched on branch
Locality Velddrif, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp caffra )
Loutjie Steenberg 27 June 2010 1 year ago 2.9
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Singing from the top of a bush. 11:55am. Locality Koeberg Private Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
(ssp caffra)
Charles Hesse 28 May 2010 1 year ago 4
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