Thrushes (Turdidae)
Rüppell's Robin-chat (Cossypha semirufa) - HBW 10, p. 738
French: Cossyphe de Rüppell
German: Braunrückenrötel
Spanish: Cosifa de Rüppell
Other common names: Lesser/Black-tailed Robin-chat
Taxonomy: Petrocincla semirufa Rüppell, 1840, Abyssinia.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- semirufa (Rüppell, 1840) - W Eritrea and S & W Ethiopia S to SE Sudan and N Kenya.
- donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 - E Ethiopia and adjacent NW Somalia.
- intercedens (Cabanis, 1878) - C & SE Kenya and N Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing from a bush Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp semirufa)
Keith Blomerley 8 April 2002 4 years ago 24 sec 4.7 -
A bird on a fence. Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp semirufa)
Josep del Hoyo 23 November 2005 6 years ago 11 sec 4
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Hidden in a bush
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia
John A Thompson 16 January 2012 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
Bird in early morning in a bush
Locality Simien Mountains National Park, Ethiopia (ssp semirufa)
Holger Meinig 14 April 2011 50 weeks ago 4 -
Bird on tree stump
Locality Hawatsu, Southern Region, Eritrea
Jason Anderson 7 January 2009 1 year ago 3.7 -
Bird on the ground between flowers of jakaranda
Locality Bahir Dar, Amhara Region, Ethiopia (ssp semirufa (Rüppell, 1840))
Holger Meinig 1 April 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
A bird in the grass
Locality Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ssp semirufa)
Stefan Helming 30 December 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Bird in a tree
Locality Gambo Rural Hospital, Shashamane, Oromia Region, Ethiopia
Juan Gonzalez Valdivieso 1 October 2009 1 year ago 3.4
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