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The larger American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a much larger bird named from its similar colouration to the European robin, but the two birds are not closely related, with the American robin instead belonging to the same genus as the common blackbird (T. merula), a species which occupies much of the same range as the European robin. The ...
Other common names include the rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin [2] and the rufous warbler. [3] It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan . It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia ; these African birds are sometimes considered to be a separate species, the African scrub robin ...
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Africa.The area covered by this list is the Africa region defined by the American Birding Association's listing rules. [1] In addition to the continent itself, the area includes Madagascar, Mauritius, Rodrigues, Seychelles, Cape Verde, the Comoro Islands, Zanzibar and the Canary Islands, São Tomé and Príncipe and Annobón in the Gulf of Guinea.
This category is for articles about bird species found in North Africa which, for the purpose of this category, is defined as: Algeria; Egypt (excluding the Sinai Peninsula) Libya; Morocco (including Spanish North African Territories) Tunisia; Western Sahara
Scrub robins are mainly African species of open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or on the ground, but the rufous-tailed scrub robin also breeds in southern Europe and east to Pakistan. The genus contains the following ten species: [ 3 ]
The white-starred robin (Pogonocichla stellata) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher and chat family Muscicapidae. It is also sometimes more simply called the starred robin. It is monotypic within the genus Pogonocichla. There are around twelve subspecies. The species is found in East and southern Africa. It is a forest species ...
The brown-backed scrub robin (Cercotrichas hartlaubi) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola , Burundi , Cameroon , Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Nigeria , Rwanda , Tanzania , and Uganda .
The red-capped robin-chat was first formally described in 1840 by the Scottish zoologist and physician Andrew Smith with its type locality given as near Port Natal in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [2] This species is a member of the genus Cossypha which is classified within the subfamily Erithacinae of the large passerine family Muscicapidae ...