White-browed Robin-Chat

Cossypha heuglini

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Cossypha
eBird Code
wbrcha2

Vocalizations

Nick Block · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0
Maggie Ginoza · CC_BY_4_0
Ben Costamagna · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (3)

  • Cossypha heuglini heuglini

    southern Chad, western Sudan, and Central African Republic eastward to Ethiopia, and southward to Angola, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, and northern South Africa

  • Cossypha heuglini intermedia

    coastal Somalia southward coastally to northeastern South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal)

  • Cossypha heuglini subrufescens

    Gabon to northern Angola and far western Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.