Brown-backed Scrub Robin

When to see the Brown-backed Scrub Robin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Brown-backed Scrub Robin

The map shades 8 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 Burundi, Central African Republic.

About the Brown-backed Scrub Robin

The brown-backed scrub robin is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is moist savanna.

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Easily confused with

Black Scrub RobinCercotrichas podobeThe black 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.