- Rufous Bush Robin
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Rufous Bush Robin 
Art from Johann Friedrich Naumann Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Muscicapidae Genus: Cercotrichas Species: C. galactotes Binomial name Cercotrichas galactotes
(Temminck, 1820)Synonyms Erythropygia galactotes
The Rufous Bush Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes), also called the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, is a small member of the flycatchers. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan. It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia; these birds are sometimes considered to be a separate species, African Scrub Robin (C. minor). It is partially migratory, wintering in east Africa and India. This is a very rare visitor to northern Europe.
This is a bird of dry open country with bushes and shrubs. It builds its nest in a bush; three to five eggs is a typical clutch.
Riyadh, KSA, Apr 1993
The Rufous Bush Robin is larger than the European Robin. It has brown upper parts, whitish under parts, and a prominent whitish eye-stripe. The western race has a paler, warmer brown back than birds in southeast Europe and Asia.
The long rufous tail is frequently fanned, showing the black and white tips of the tail feathers. All plumages are similar.
These birds feed on insects mostly caught on the ground. Their clear thrush-like song has a sad tone.
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Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Cercotrichas
- Birds of Pakistan
- Birds of Europe
- Birds of Turkey
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