Listen to the Forest scrub robin
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About the Forest scrub robin
The Forest scrub robin is a bird in the family Muscicapidae (order Passeriformes).
What does the Forest scrub robin sound like?
Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once. Songs tend to be long and patterned and are used to hold territory and attract a mate; calls are short signals for contact, alarm and flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The forest scrub robin (Tychaedon leucosticta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.
Four subspecies are recognised:
Related birds in the genus Cercotrichas
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Black redstart
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Frequently asked questions
What does a Forest scrub robin sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the Forest scrub robin on this page, including its song. Birds produce sound with the syrinx, a vocal organ deep in the chest that can make two independent sounds at once.
What family does the Forest scrub robin belong to?
The Forest scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucosticta) belongs to the family Muscicapidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Cavalla Forest, Grand Gedeh, Liberia by Ben Phalan – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Song · Atewa Range, Ghana, Ghana by Ben Phalan – CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q2226055 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Forest scrub robin – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Joseph Smit – Public domain