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Systemmatic list - part 22: Robins, Chats and allies

 

Bearded Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas quadrivirgata [1]

1 Liwonde 26th.

 

Cape Robin-Chat (Cape Robin) Cossypha caffra [9]

3-6 Zomba Plateau 16th-17th.

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Cape Robin-Chats, Ku Chawe (Zomba Plateau), 16th (left) and 17th (right) May 2011

 

White-browed Robin-Chat (Heuglin's Robin) Cossypha heuglini [11]

Very much a garden bird: 3 Malosa 23rd, 1 Zomba Forest Lodge 27th, singles Satemwa Tea Estate (Thyolo) 29th and 30th, 1 Dzalanyama 2nd, 1 Makuzi Lodge 8th and up to 3 Cool Runnings (Senga Bay) 9th-10th.

 

Red-capped Robin-Chat (Natal Robin) Cossypha natalensis [1]

1 Liwonde 27th.

 

Collared Palm-Thrush Cichladusa arquata [8]

1 Cape Maclear 18th, 1 Lengwe 21st and 6 Liwonde 26th.

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Collared Palm-Thrush, Cape Maclear, 18th May 2011

 

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Collared Palm-Thrushes, Liwonde, 26th May 2011

 

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Collared Palm-Thrushes, Liwonde, 27th May 2011

 

White-starred Robin (Starred Robin) Pogonocichla stellata [4]

All 4 in the Zomba area 15th-17th: 1 in John Wilson's garden 15th then on the Plateau, 1 Ku Chawe trout farm 16th and 1 beside the Forest camp site 17th and a juvenile near the trout farm.

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adult and juvenile White-starred Robins, Zomba Plateau, 17th May 2011

 

Miombo Rock Thrush Monticola angolensis [7]

At Dzalanyama 2 in miombo close to the dambo 23rd and 4 in the village near the Lodge 24th; also 1 Chongoni 25th.

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Miombo Rock Thrushes, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

Miombo Rock Thrushes, Dzalanyama, 23rd May 2011

 

African Stonechat Saxicola (torquatus) axillaris [7]

1-4 Zomba Plateau 16th-17th and 2 Chongoni 25th.

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African Stonechats, Zomba Plateau, 16th May 2011

 

Arnott's Chat (White-headed Black-Chat) Myrmecocichla arnotti [4]

4 Liwonde 26th.

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Arnott's Chat, Liwonde, 26th May 2011 - honest!

 

Familiar Chat Cercomela familiaris [6]

6 Dzalanyama 24th, between the Lodge and the gate.

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Familiar Chats, Dzalanyama, 24th May 2011

 

 

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