- Cossypha cyanocampter
Identification
15–16 cm (6-6¼ in)
- Blackish head
- Long white supercilium
- Olive-brown mantle, neck sides and back
- Browner wings
Distribution
Africa
Western Africa: Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo
Eastern Africa: South Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies[1]:
- C. c. cyanocampter:
- Guinea to Mali, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and Gabon
- C. c. bartteloti:
- Northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and extreme northwestern Tanzania
Habitat
They use dense undergrowth of primary forests and forest edges and along streams.
Behaviour
Diet
Their main diet consists of insects, such as ants, termites, beetles, caterpillars, moths, cicadas, grasshoppers, bugs, spiders and millipedes. They also eat some fruit.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Sept 2018)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Blue-shouldered_Robin-Chat
