Biology:Brown scrub robin

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Short description: Species of bird

Brown scrub robin
Cercotrichas signata tongensis, volwassene, St Lucia, Birding Weto, a.jpg
Adult at St Lucia, South Africa
Brown Scrub-robin (Erythropygia signata).jpg
Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species:
C. signata
Binomial name
Cercotrichas signata
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms

Cossypha signata
Erythropygia signata
Tychaedon 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

There are two accepted races:[1]

  • 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

  1. Chittenden, H. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2827230 entry