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Forest scrub robin

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Forest scrub robin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Tychaedon
Species:
T. leucosticta
Binomial name
Tychaedon leucosticta
(Sharpe, 1883)
Synonyms

Erythropygia leucosticta
Cossypha leucosticta
Cercotrichas 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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.