| Brown scrub robin | |
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| Adult at St Lucia, South Africa | |
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| Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cercotrichas |
| Species: | C. signata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercotrichas signata (Sundevall, 1850) | |
| Synonyms | |
| Erythropygia signata | |
The brown scrub robin (Cercotrichas signata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Mozambique, South Africa, and Swaziland. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry or moist forests.
Races
There are two accepted races:[2]
- 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
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropygia signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ 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
- Brown (scrub) robin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.