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Scrub-robin

Scrub-robins

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family†:	Turdidae

Genera
Cercotrichas

† see also: Turdidae and chat

The scrub-robins or bush-chats are medium-sized insectivorous or birds in the genus Cercotrichas of the thrush family Turdidae.

These are mainly African species of open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or on the ground, but the Rufous Bush Chat also breeds in southern Europe and east to Pakistan.

Species are:

Forest Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta
Bearded Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
Miombo Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas barbata
Brown Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas signata
Brown-backed Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi
Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys
Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin[?] or Rufous Bush Chat[?], Cercotrichas galactotes
Kalahari Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas paena
African Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas minor
Karoo Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus
Black Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas podobe

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