Passeriformes / Muscicapidae / Dessonornis

Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Ferncliffe forest wilding · CC_BY_4_0

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Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0

Ian Webb · CC_BY_4_0

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Adele SL · CC_BY_4_0

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

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

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.