The
scrub-robins or
bush-chats are medium-sized insectivorous or
birds in the genus
Cercotrichas. They were formerly in the
thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the
Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.
These are mainly African species of open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or on the ground, but the Rufous Bush Chat also breeds in southern Europe and east to Pakistan.
Species are:
- Forest Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta
- Bearded Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
- Miombo Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas barbata
- Brown Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas signata
- Brown-backed Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi
- Red-backed Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys
- Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin or Rufous Bush Chat, Cercotrichas galactotes
- Kalahari Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas paena
- African Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas minor
- Karoo Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas coryphaeus
- Black Scrub-Robin, Cercotrichas podobe