#robin-chat

[burkh4rt]

[a-disaster-piece]

The quite tame/habituated Chorister Robin-chats of Nature's Valley (Garden Route, South Africa).

Spent the morning birding with a friend & his 9-year-old nephew, & as luck would have it, the local NGO that I used to work with happened to be mist-netting & banding/ringing birds, so the youngin' got to hold & release a sunbird! Little man was stoked, & we're hoping to make it to the estuary wetland/mudflats this weekend to see some waders.

Also ticked Barn Swallow for the home/garden list, finally! Up to 112 species now.

[best-bird-tournament]

African forest robin (Erithacinae) subfamily

Which is the best bird?

Equatorial akalat

Red-capped robin-chat

Olive-backed forest robin

Thyolo alethe

Spotted palm thrush

White-throated robin-chat

White-starred robin

Swynnerton's robin

European robin

Orange-breasted forest robin

White-bellied robin-chat

Angola cave chat

Voting ended onOct 5, 2025

[birdstudies]

October 20, 2024 - White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini) Found in parts of central, eastern, and southern Africa, these robin-chats live in thickets and the edges of forests, often near water. Usually foraging on the ground, they eat mostly insects, especially ants and beetles, along with some fruit. They build open cup-shaped nests from dry leaves, twigs, moss, rootlets, grass stems, and other materials in cavities in trees, on stumps, among roots near streams, or in shrubs or saplings. Females lay clutches of one to three, but usually two, eggs.

[best-bird-tournament]

Dessonornis robin/robin-chat

Which is the best bird?

White-throated robin-chat

Cape robin-chat

Archer's ground robin

Voting ended onJun 17, 2025

[best-bird-tournament]

Akalat (Sheppardia)

Which is the best bird?

Bocage's akalat

Equatorail akalat

Gabela akalat

Grey-winged robin-chat

Voting ended onMay 26, 2025

[best-bird-tournament]

Cossypha robin-chat

Which is the best bird?

White-crowned robin-chat

Chorister robin-chat

White-browed robin-chat

Ruppell's robin-chat

Snowy-crowned robin-chat

Red-capped robin-chat

White-headed robin-chat

Voting ended onJul 20, 2025

[birdstudies]

March 30, 2019 - White-crowned Robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus)

Found in a band across parts of western and central Africa with a separate population in South Sudan and Ethiopia, these Old World flycatchers live mostly in woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and urban areas. While the details of their diet are not well known, they likely feed on insects, including termites and ants, foraging in leaf litter. They build open cup nests from decaying leaves, rootlets, and other materials.