A photo of a White-throated Robin-Chat (Cossypha humeralis)
White-throated Robin-Chat

White-throated Robin-Chat

Cossypha humeralis

The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Cossypha humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The white-throated robin-chat is mainly insectivorous but also eats small vertebrates and some plant material. Its diet includes beetles, termites, ants, crickets, caterpillars, bugs, spiders and millipedes. It also consumes the fruits of the woolly caper-bush (Capparis tomentosa), the tassel-berry (Antidesma venosum), the sand raisin (Grewia microthyrsa), the magic guarrie (Euclea divinorum) and the dune guarrie (Euclea racemosa).
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Sightings

A photo of a White-throated Robin-Chat photographed in Kruger NP--Skukuza Indigenous Nursery South Africa
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Beth Henry
Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 - 6:13am
South Africa
A map showing the sighting location
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Luke Kroon
Sunday 12 Mar 2023 - 10:58am
South Africa
A map showing the sighting location
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Matteo Mambelli
Tuesday 28 Feb 2023 - 5:02am
South Africa
A map showing the sighting location
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Trevor Kleyn
Friday 17 Feb 2023 - 4:35am
South Africa
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