Chorister Robin-chat

Chorister Robin-chat
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Cossypha
Species:	C. dichroa
Binomial name
Cossypha dichroa (Gmelin, 1789)

The Chorister Robin-chat (Cossypha dichroa) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in South Africa and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This is a large robin-chat, about 20 cm. The Chorister Robin-chat is identified by its dark upperparts(the ear coverts and lores are slightly darker than the rest of the face, head, neck and back) and yellow-orange underparts. It has no white eye stripe. Juveniles have a sooty, mottled tawny-buff above and below and its tail is red-orange with a dark centre. The Chorister robin-chat moves from the interior to coastal forests in winter.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Cossypha dichroa. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.

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