Rufous-tailed scrub-robin

(Erythropygia galactotes)

Description

The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae.Other common names include the rufous scrub robin,rufous bush chat,rufous bush robin and the rufous warbler.It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan.It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia;these African birds are sometimes considered to be a separate species,the African scrub robin (C.minor).It is partially migratory,wintering in Africa (Kenya,South Sudan,Ethiopia,Somalia) and India.This is a very rare visitor to northern Europe

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Muscicapidae
Genus:Erythropygia
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