Brown scrub robin

Brown scrub robin
	Adult at St Lucia, South Africa
	Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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.old-form url
^ 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.

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropygia signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[geo-2] Chittenden, H.; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0.

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