Adult (Mountain) © Robert Tizard eBird S49369586 Macaulay Library ML 122793891
Immature (Mountain) © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Juvenile (Highland) © Tomáš Grim
Adult (Highland) © Nik Borrow
Adult (Mountain) © Robert Tizard
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Adult (Mountain) © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography
Adult (Highland) © Jacob C. Cooper

Mountain Robin-Chat Cossypha isabellae

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Identification

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A fairly plain brown-and-orange robin-chat with a white eyebrow and a dark face. As in most robin-chats, the tail has a dark center and orange edges. An inconspicuous bird of the understory of montane forest. Sometimes follows columns of ants. Similar to White-bellied Robin-Chat, but distinguished by the orange belly and the much bolder white eyebrow. Also similar to Bocage’s Akalat, but distinguished by the white eyebrow and the two-colored tail. The song is a series of several squeaky, rasping whistles, far less conspicuous and musical than the vocalizations of most robin-chats.

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