Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer - Cossyphe du Cap

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Dessonornis
Species
:
caffer

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1771

Biometrics

Size
: 17 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 25 à 34 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 4 subspecies

Dessonornis caffer caffer (Zimbabwe and n, e and s South Africa)
Dessonornis caffer iolaemus ()
Dessonornis caffer kivuensis (sw Uganda and e DRCongo)
Dessonornis caffer namaquensis (s Namibia, w and c South Africa)

Foreign names

Cossyphe du Cap,
Cosifa cafre,
cossifa-do-cabo,
Kaprötel,
fokföldi rozsdásrigó,
Kaapse Lawaaimaker,
Cossifa del Capo,
kapsnårskvätta,
Gråflanketrosteskvett,
akalat záhradný,
drozdík kapský,
Kapdrosselsanger,
matkijapunatasku,
Gewone Janfrederik,
cossifa del Cap,
złotokosik ogrodowy,
Капская чекановая горихвостка,
ツグミヒタキ,
黄喉歌䳭,
kapsnårskvätta,
黃喉歌鵖,

Voice song and call

play
pause

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude, Mediterranean-type Shrubby Vegetation ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations, Rural Gardens, Urban Areas