Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Dessonornis
eBird Code
carcha1

Vocalizations

Ferncliffe forest wilding · CC_BY_4_0
flamelily · CC0_1_0
Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0
Ian Webb · CC_BY_4_0
Christiaan Viljoen · CC_BY_4_0
De Waal Hugo · CC_BY_4_0
Leonardo Rapisarda · CC_BY_4_0
Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (4)

  • Dessonornis caffer caffer

    southwestern to eastern South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe

  • Dessonornis caffer iolaemus

    far southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya southward to Malawi and northern Mozambique

  • Dessonornis caffer kivuensis

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu highlands) and southwestern Uganda

  • Dessonornis caffer namaquensis

    southwestern Namibia and north-central and central South Africa

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.