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Riffa, Bahrain

Alternative names: Rufous Bush-Robin; Rufous Bush-Chat

Cercotrichas galactotes

Includes: African Scrub-Robin

[edit] Identification

Brown upper parts, white under parts, and a prominent white eye-stripe. The long rufous tail is frequently fanned, showing the black and white tips of the tail feathers.

[edit] Distribution

Found in the Mediterranean, North Africa, West and Central Africa, Middle East to Iran and Pakistan.

[edit] Taxonomy

Clements splits the two subspecies minor and hamertoni from subsaharan Africa as African Scrub-Robin Cercotrichas minor.

[edit] Habitat

Dry open country with bushes and shrubs.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Breeding

It builds its nest in a bush; 3-5 eggs are laid.

[edit] Diet

The diet incldudes insects mostly caught on the ground.

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