Brown scrub robin
Appearance
Brown scrub robin | |
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Adult at St Lucia, South Africa | |
Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cercotrichas |
Species: | C. signata
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Binomial name | |
Cercotrichas signata (Sundevall, 1850)
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Synonyms | |
Cossypha signata |
The brown scrub robin (Cercotrichas signata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and, South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry or moist forests.
Races
[edit]There are two accepted races:[2]
- Cercotrichas signata subsp. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest
- Description: Greyish brown plumage
- Cercotrichas signata subsp. tongensis – coastal plain from northern KZN to southern Mozambique
- Description: Smaller with shorter bill. Paler brown plumage above and warmer buff plumage below. More conspicuous supercilium and moustache stripe.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Tychaedon signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22709909A132083746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709909A132083746.en. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ Chittenden, H.; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0.
External links
[edit]- Brown (scrub) robin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.