Brown Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas signata)
About the Brown Scrub Robin
The brown scrub robin (Tychaedon signata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and, South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry or moist forests. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas. There are two accepted races: T. s. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest Description: Greyish brown plumage T. s. tongensis – coastal plain from northern KZN to southern Mozambique Description: Smaller with shorter bill. Paler brown plumage above and warmer buff plumage below. More conspicuous supercilium and moustache stripe. Brown (scrub) robin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 49 recordings for this species: 39 CC BY-NC-SA · 10 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 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.