Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer - Cossyphe du Cap

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

Cossyphe du Cap
adult
Cossyphe du Cap
adult

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

Cossyphe du Cap
juvenile

Habitat

Cossyphe du Cap
adult

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

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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