Forest scrub robin
| Forest scrub robin | |
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| Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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 | |
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
References
- ^ 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.