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title: "Kalahari Scrub-Robin"
description: "Cercotrichas paena — Vogels. The Kalahari scrub robin (Cercotrichas paena) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/kalahari-scrub-robin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kalahari Scrub-Robin

> Cercotrichas paena — Vogels. The Kalahari scrub robin (Cercotrichas paena) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.

- Scientific name: *Cercotrichas paena*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanne), `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 991
- Wikidata: [Q2827231](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2827231)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145028](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145028)

## Names

- en: Kalahari Scrub-Robin
- de: Kalahariheckensänger
- es: Alzacola del Kalahari
- fr: Agrobate du Kalahari
- pt: Rouxinol-do-mato-do-kalahari
- pl: Drozdówka pustynna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (608), NA (252), BW (85), AO (8)

## Summary

The Kalahari scrub robin (Cercotrichas paena) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is sometimes known as the sandy scrub robin.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: rosshawkins · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221267557

## Machine access

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