Forest scrub robin
The forest scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucosticta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest :
- C. l. colstoni Tye, 1991 — Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast
- C. l. leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) — Ghana
- C. l. collsi (Alexander, 1907) — se Central African Republic, ne DR Congo and w Uganda
- C. l. reichenowi (Hartert, 1907) — western Angola
| 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: | Cercotrichas |
| Species: | C. leucosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercotrichas leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Erythropygia leucosticta | |
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropygia leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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