Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Muscicapidae > Cossypha > Cossypha humeralisCossypha humeralis (White-throated Robin-Chat)Synonyms: Dessonornis humeralis (homotypic) The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Cossypha humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 11.4015 EDGE Score: 2.51782 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 21 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 2.5 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 20 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 22 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 10 % |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Mid-High [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [3] | 20 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 60 % | | | Clutch Size [5] | 3 | | Incubation [4] | 14 days |
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| Name |
Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests |
South Africa, Swaziland, Lesotho |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Highveld grasslands |
South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Maputaland coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Swaziland, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern Africa bushveld |
Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic |
Mozambique, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bazaruto Archipelago |
Mozambique |
A4i, A4iii |
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Blouberg vulture colonies |
South Africa |
A1, A4ii |
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Blyde river canyon |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Changelane river gorge |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Hlane and Mlawula Game Reserves |
Swaziland |
A2, A3 |
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Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Itala Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Kosi Bay system |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kruger National Park and adjacent areas |
South Africa |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Lake St Lucia and Mkuze swamps |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Magaliesberg and Witwatersberg |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4ii |
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Makgadikgadi Pans |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Malolotja Nature Reserve |
Swaziland |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Maputo Special Reserve |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Matobo Hills |
Zimbabwe |
A3 |
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Mkuzi Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Ndumo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyanga mountains |
Zimbabwe |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Nyl river flood-plain |
South Africa |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Pietersburg Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1 |
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Pilanesberg National Park |
South Africa |
A1 |
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Pomene |
Mozambique |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Pongolapoort Nature Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2 |
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Robert McIlwaine Recreational Park |
Zimbabwe |
A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Songimvelo Game Reserve |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South-east Botswana |
Botswana |
A1, A3 |
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Soutpansberg |
South Africa |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Waterberg system |
South Africa |
A1, A4ii |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa |
Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Tanzania |
No |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
No |
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Maputaland-Pondoland-Albany |
Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland |
No |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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