Rüppell's Robin-Chat
Cossypha semirufa (Rüppell, 1837)
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Rüppell's Robin-Chat, Cossypha semirufa, is a bird of eastern Africa in the family Muscicapidae. It breeds in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan and Tanzania, and occurs in moist montane forest, including Juniper and Podocarpus woodland, as well as moist shrubland and gardens. It is a smaller form of the White-browed robin-chat, and has darker, blackish central tail feathers. In some races, the supercilium behind the eye is more narrowly marked. It was named for the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: e
