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What the Rüppell's Robin-Chat sounds like
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It is a smaller version of the White-browed robin-chat, measuring 18 cm rather than 20 cm, with darker, blackish central tail feathers, and in some races a more constricted supercilium behind the eye.
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When to see the Rüppell's Robin-Chat
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Rüppell's Robin-Chat
The map shades 5 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Rüppell's Robin-Chat
Rüppell's robin-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae, that is native to the Afrotropics. It is named for the German naturalist Eduard Rüppell.
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Easily confused with
Snowy-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha niveicapillaThe snowy-crowned robin-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroaThis is a large robin-chat, about 20 cm (7.9 in) in length.
White-crowned Robin-ChatCossypha albicapillusThe white-crowned robin-chat is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.
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