Black Scrub Robin

When to see the Black Scrub Robin

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Scrub Robin

The map shades 22 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Oman, Qatar.

About the Black Scrub Robin

The black scrub robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is native to the Sahel and montane Arabian Peninsula. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

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Easily confused with

Brown-backed Scrub RobinCercotrichas hartlaubiThe brown-backed scrub robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Rufous-tailed Scrub RobinCercotrichas galactotesAdult male and female rufous-tailed scrub robin look alike and measure about 6 inches (150 mm) long with relatively long legs and a large rounded tail. Kalahari Scrub RobinCercotrichas paenaThe Kalahari scrub robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.