---
title: "Cossyphe à gorge blanche"
description: "Dessonornis humeralis — Oiseaux. The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Dessonornis humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/white-throated-robin-chat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cossyphe à gorge blanche

> Dessonornis humeralis — Oiseaux. The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Dessonornis humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Dessonornis humeralis*
- Category: `birds` (Oiseaux)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savane)
- iNaturalist observations: 721
- iNaturalist taxon: [1585917](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1585917)

## Names

- en: White-throated Robin-Chat
- de: Weißkehlrötel
- fr: Cossyphe à gorge blanche

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (611), BW (35), ZW (23), MZ (9), SZ (5)

## Summary

The white-throated robin-chat or white-throated robin (Dessonornis humeralis) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is endemic to Botswana, Eswatini, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry savannah and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-throated_robin-chat

## Photo

![Cossyphe à gorge blanche](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-throated-robin-chat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309399018

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-throated-robin-chat?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).