Bearded Scrub Robin

Tychaedon quadrivirgata (Reichenow, 1879)

Bearded Scrub Robin, Tychaedon quadrivirgata, breeds in eastern, south-eastern and southern Africa and belongs to the Muscicapidae. It is a bird of sand forest, riverine woodland, scrub, evergreen forest, gardens and reedbeds, usually away from wet ground, and it is generally found below about 1,000 m. Its most distinctive feature is the set of four facial stripes that give it its name. The species was first described by Anton Reichenow in 1879, and it was once placed in other genera. It occurs in pairs or small groups and is territorial.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Africa: e, se, s