Forest scrub robin
| Forest scrub robin | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Tychaedon |
| Species: | T. leucosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Tychaedon leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erythropygia leucosticta | |
The forest scrub robin (Tychaedon leucosticta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.
Four subspecies are recognised:[2]
- T. l. colstoni (Tye, 1991) – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast
- T. l. leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) – Ghana
- T. l. collsi (Alexander, 1907) – southeast Central African Republic, northeast DR Congo and west Uganda
- T. l. reichenowi (Hartert, EJO, 1907) – west Angola
References
[edit]- ↑ BirdLife International. (2018). "Tychaedon leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018 e.T22709882A132083511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709882A132083511.en. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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