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An orange-rufous robin-chat of the forest undergrowth, easy to hear but shy — an Albertine Rift specialty.
A rather dull robin-chat, mostly orange-brown with a narrow white supercilium and a small dark face. The paler orange-rufous head and underparts contrast with browner wings and an all-rufous tail. The juvenile is darkly mantled, olive-brown below.
A strongly delivered rising-and-falling song in which individual notes are hard to distinguish; the overall feel is uniquely tinny and metallic.
Endemic to the mountains along the Albertine Rift from 1,600 m to 4,000 m, common in forest undergrowth and near thickly vegetated streamsides. In the Rwenzori it is found from 1,900 m to 3,600 m — above the riverside valley, through the Sine–Kalalama zone and the high point to Samalela toward Kihalo Camp.
Feeds on insects such as beetles, ants, termites, hemipteran bugs and caterpillars, plus small millipedes, foraging on and near the ground.
Breeding in our area is not well recorded, but it likely breeds in any season except the dry June–August period.
Mainly sedentary, though some altitudinal or juvenile movement may occur. Not globally threatened — a restricted-range species of the Albertine Rift. Easy to hear but difficult to spot from its shyness.
Our guides know where to find it along the Kilembe Trail. Let us build a trek around the birds you most want to see.