Brown scrub robin
(Redirected from Brown Scrub Robin)
| Brown scrub robin | |
|---|---|
| |
| Adult at St Lucia, South Africa | |
.jpg?lang=en)
| |
| Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Tychaedon |
| Species: | T. signata
|
| Binomial name | |
| Tychaedon signata (Sundevall, 1850)
| |
| Synonyms | |
|
Cossypha signata | |
The brown scrub robin (Tychaedon 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. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.
Races
[edit]There are two accepted races:[2][3]
- T. s. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest
- Description: Greyish brown plumage
- T. s. 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
_I-Haryana_IMG_8045.jpg?lang=en){kind=small} | This article about an Old World flycatcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |