Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes (Temminck, 1820)
≈17 cmLength20 gWeight
It often fans its long rufous tail to reveal the black-and-white tail tip.
How to identify
Field marks
- Long rufous tail with a black-and-white tail tip
- Whitish supercilium and dark eyestripe
- Brown upperparts and whitish underparts
Male, female and young
Adult sexes have similar plumage; juvenile also resembles the adult but is paler overall.
Voice
Song is a somewhat intermittent series of notes, sometimes clear and loud, sometimes soft.
Where and when it's recorded
No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.
About
The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae. Other common names include the rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin and the rufous warbler. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan.
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Questions
How big is the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin?
The Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin is about ≈17 cm long and weighs around 20 g.
Where does the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin live?
Its breeding range: Palearctic: south-central, southwestern.
Is the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin as Least Concern.
What does the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin eat?
Main food: Insects & other invertebrates.
What family is the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin in?
It belongs to the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae), order Passerines (Passeriformes).
At a glance
- Length
- ≈17 cm
- Weight
- 20 g
- Habitat
- Shrubland
- Diet
- Insects & other invertebrates
- Lifestyle
- Varied
- Migration
- Migratory
- Conservation
- Least Concern
More measurements
- Wing
- 86 mm
- Tail
- 70 mm
- Bill
- 19 mm
- Tarsus
- 24 mm
Averages from the AVONET dataset; length from field guides where available.
Range
Palearctic: south-central, southwestern
Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2
Classification
- Order
- Passerines Passeriformes
- Family
- Chats, Old World Flycatchers Muscicapidae
- Genus
- Cercotrichas
Other birds in the genus Cercotrichas
Kalahari Scrub RobinCercotrichas paena
Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobe
Brown-backed Scrub RobinCercotrichas hartlaubi
White-browed Scrub RobinCercotrichas leucophrys
White-tailed AletheAlethe diademata
Fire-crested AletheAlethe castanea
Karoo Scrub RobinTychaedon coryphoeus
Brown Scrub RobinTychaedon signata
Forest Scrub RobinTychaedon leucosticta
Bearded Scrub RobinTychaedon quadrivirgata
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