Karoo Scrub Robin

Tychaedon coryphoeus (Vieillot, 1817)

Karoo Scrub Robin, Tychaedon coryphoeus, is a passerine of south-western Africa, recorded from Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. It lives in dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, including the Karoo and Namaqualand, and is also found in low shrublands and drainage line woodland. It is a ground-feeding bird that takes most of its food from the surface, mainly insects, especially worker ants, with termites, beetles, caterpillars, moths and small grasshoppers also included. Three races are recognised, with dark brown, buffy or greyish brown plumage depending on the form.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Breeding range

Africa: sw