Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Grey-winged Robin-Chat

Sheppardia polioptera

The Grey-winged Robin-Chat (Sheppardia polioptera) is a 19 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

19 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

Recorded in Uganda, Kenya, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Rwanda, Burundi, Liberia.

Where to see it: Koubia, Guinea (Guinea); Rumangabo ICCN Camp & Mikeno Lodge and trails (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Ngaoundaba Ranch (Cameroon); Bigodi Swamp (Uganda); Kumbira Forest Reserve (Angola).

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