White-throated Robin-Chat (Cossypha humeralis)
About the White-throated Robin-Chat
The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Dessonornis humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The white-throated robin-chat is found in dry savannah woodland and shrubland. The white-throated robin-chat is mainly insectivorous but also eats small vertebrates and some plant material. Its diet includes beetles, termites, ants, crickets, caterpillars, bugs, spiders and millipedes. It also consumes the fruits of the woolly caper-bush (Capparis tomentosa), the tassel-berry (Antidesma venosum), the sand raisin (Grewia microthyrsa), the magic guarrie (Euclea divinorum) and the dune guarrie (Euclea racemosa).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 85 recordings for this species: 67 CC BY-NC-SA · 16 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, Zimbabwe in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Blue-shouldered Robin-ChatCossypha cyanocampterrecording
- Cape Robin-ChatCossypha caffrarecording
- Grey-winged Robin-ChatCossypha poliopterarecording
- Olive-flanked Ground RobinCossypha anomalarecording
- Red-capped Robin-ChatCossypha natalensisrecording
- Rüppell's Robin-ChatCossypha semirufarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.