#0974 · 🐦 birds

Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

🇳🇱 Rosse Waaierstaart ·Cercotrichas galactotes

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Xavier Rufray · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Agustín Povedano · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © El Golli Mohamed · CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Dagestan, RU:© Геннадий · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Beja, PT:© Vasco Valadares · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Nasirabad, Rajasthan 305601, India:© Avinash Bhagat · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Menara, Marrakesh, Morocco:© Nathan Mesnildrey · CC BY 4.0
9. Andalucía, ES:© b3ugaz · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Cornwall, UK:© Mike King · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

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,...

base stats

NL sightings 2iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,351iNaturalist observations
weight 22.7 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).