#swynnertonia swynnertoni

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November 23, 2023 - Swynnerton's Robin (Swynnertonia swynnertoni) Found in parts of Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Tanzania, these chats live in mountain forests, often near streams. They eat mostly insects and other invertebrates, foraging on the ground or dropping onto their prey from a low perch. Breeding during the rainy season, females do most of the nest construction, building open cups from rootlets, dry and skeletonized leaves, moss, tree fern fibers, and stems in trees and shrubs. They lay clutches of two, or sometimes three, eggs, incubating them and brooding the chicks. Males provide some help feeding the chicks. They are classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN due to habitat loss and degradation in their small and fragmented range.