Kalahari scrub robin nests and drops them away from the nest to disguise the nest from potential predators. After hatching the female broods the chicks for a between 3–7 days. Both parents feed the chicks and remove the chick's faecal sacs. The chicks are altricial when they hatch, and take around 12 days to fledge. Kalahari scrub robin The Kalahari scrub robin ("Cercotricha paena") is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is sometimes known as the sandy scrub robin. It is found in southern Angola, Botswana, Namibia, northern South Africa, and Zimbabwe, where it occurs in sandveld with low trees
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