Karoo Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas coryphoeus)
About the Karoo Scrub Robin
The Karoo scrub robin (Tychaedon coryphoeus) or Karoo robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas. It is 17 cm long and weighs 19 g. The upperparts are drab greyish brown; the face with a narrow, white supercilium above thin black eye-stripe. Partial whitish eye-ring below eye. Closed tail darker than rump and mantle. Upper wing coverts and flight feathers brown, underwing dull buffy brown. Bill black, eyes brown and legs as well as feet black. Song calls vary between individuals, e.g. chip, swee-chipswirraree, seeep-seeep-treeeeyer, repeated 5 – 10 times.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 82 recordings for this species: 3 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Namibia, South Africa in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Forest Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucostictarecording
- Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotesrecording
- White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrysrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.