Olive-backed Forest Robin

About the Olive-backed Forest Robin

The olive-backed forest robin is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in the Gamba Complex within southwest Gabon. It was described in 2008. The olive-backed forest robin can be distinguished from other species in the forest robin complex by the combination of its olive upperparts, bright orange throat and chest, and cream-yellow belly. Its song is also distinct from other subspecies of the forest robin. Females are generally duller than males.

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Where it lives

When to see it

Peak activity in February · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Orange-breasted Forest RobinStiphrornis erythrothoraxIt has a total length of around 12 cm (4+3⁄4 in), has dark upperparts, and a throat and chest that, depending on the exact subspecies, is yellow-orange or deep orange.