Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Rüppell's Robin-Chat

Cossypha semirufa

The Rüppell's Robin-Chat (Cossypha semirufa) is a 27 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

4

Recorded in Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea.

Where to see it: Adi Keyh (Eritrea); Filfil Forest (Eritrea); Aga Khan University (private) · Ngaramtoni Korongo (Tanzania); Nairobi NP (General) (Kenya); Arusha NP (Tanzania).

Photo: (c) Tom Kennedy, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist