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title: "Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin"
description: "Cercotrichas galactotes — Birds. The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/rufous-tailed-scrub-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin

> Cercotrichas galactotes — Birds. The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Cercotrichas galactotes*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 1342
- Wikidata: [Q607027](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q607027)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145026](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145026)

## Names

- en: Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin
- de: Heckensänger
- es: Alzacola rojizo
- fr: Agrobate roux
- pt: Rouxinol-do-mato
- pl: Drozdówka rdzawa

## Countries with the most observations

DZ (129), ES (128), MA (124), AM (80), TR (66), IL (51), KZ (47), IR (46), RU (45), UZ (38), IN (36), GR (35)

## Summary

The rufous-tailed scrub robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) is a medium-sized member of the family Muscicapidae. Other common names include the rufous scrub robin, rufous bush chat, rufous bush robin and the rufous warbler. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan. It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia; these African birds are sometimes considered to be a separate species, the African scrub robin (C. minor). It is partially migratory, wintering in Africa (Kenya, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia) and India. This is a very rare visitor to northern Europe.
The scientific name…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rufous-tailed_scrub_robin

## Photo

![Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rufous-tailed-scrub-robin/medium.jpg)

Photo: Лариса Артемьева · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/192728715

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rufous-tailed-scrub-robin?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).