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)
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Dessonornis caffer caffer
southwestern to eastern South Africa, Eswatini, and Zimbabwe
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Dessonornis caffer iolaemus
far southern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya southward to Malawi and northern Mozambique
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Dessonornis caffer kivuensis
eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kivu highlands) and southwestern Uganda
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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.