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Cape Robin-Chat

Dessonornis caffer
(Linnaeus, C, 1771)
Cosifa Cafre
Family: Muscicapidae
Order: Passeriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Cabo Occidental

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Synonyms: Cossypha caffra, Motacilla caffra.

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Last published photographs

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Photography ID: 616254
  Adult
Cape Town
Cabo Occidental
South Africa
10/10/2023
Luis Cesar Tejo
Foto
Photography ID: 175838
  Adult
Ciudad de El Cabo
Cabo Occidental
South Africa
10/23/2016
Adrian Braidotti



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
192400611/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalFalse Bay Nature Reserve - Rondevlay Section, Cape Town1Luis Cesar Tejo
192389611/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalFalse Bay Nature Reserve - Rondevlay Section, Cape Town1Daniela Espinosa
192394810/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalTable Mountain National Park, Cape Town4Luis Cesar Tejo
192286810/10/2023South AfricaCabo OccidentalTable Mountain National Park, Cape Town4Daniela Espinosa
50399923/10/2016South AfricaCabo OccidentalKirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Ciudad de El CaboAdrian Braidotti
4138527/11/2010South AfricaCabo OccidentalParque Nacional KarooCarmelo López Abad
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Cape Robin-Chat (Dessonornis caffer) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.