#robin-chat

Also ticked Barn Swallow for the home/garden list, finally! Up to 112 species now.

October 20, 2024 - White-browed Robin-Chat (Cossypha heuglini) Found in parts of central, eastern, and southern Africa, these robin-chats live in thickets and the edges of forests, often near water. Usually foraging on the ground, they eat mostly insects, especially ants and beetles, along with some fruit. They build open cup-shaped nests from dry leaves, twigs, moss, rootlets, grass stems, and other materials in cavities in trees, on stumps, among roots near streams, or in shrubs or saplings. Females lay clutches of one to three, but usually two, eggs.

Found in a band across parts of western and central Africa with a separate population in South Sudan and Ethiopia, these Old World flycatchers live mostly in woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and urban areas. While the details of their diet are not well known, they likely feed on insects, including termites and ants, foraging in leaf litter. They build open cup nests from decaying leaves, rootlets, and other materials.