Karoo Scrub Robin
Erythropygia coryphoeus
Karoo veld. Dark brown above and only slightly paler below; white eyebrows, moustachial streaks and throat; tail-tips white; vent white spotted black.
Chats, Robins, Thrushes
LC
Endemic
Description
Common endemic resident. White eyebrows and throat with dark malar streak and white tail-tips identify this otherwise sombrely coloured robin. Immature has buff-barred upper parts and dark-mottled underparts. Song composed of short, choppy phrases ‘pheeoo, tirrit-tirrit, chuck, chuck, sweeoo, chuck…’. Alarm call is a penetrating, metallic ‘zzzz’. Frequents Karoo veld, feeding on the ground amidst scrub. Conspicuous and noisy.
Quick Facts
Size
17 cm - S
Names
A: Slangverklikker
G: Karruheckensänger
Bird Family
Largely terrestrial, insectivorous or frugivorous birds that sing from trees, some robins rating as among our finest songsters. The sexes are alike unless otherwise stated, while immatures usually have the feathers of the upperparts pale-edged, the underparts spotted.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Frequents 'Karoo' veld, feeding on the ground amidst scrub.
