Forest Robin

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Forest Robin
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Stiphrornis
Hartlaub, 1855
Species: S. erythrothorax
Binomial name
Stiphrornis erythrothorax
Hartlaub, 1855

The Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, family Muscicapidae. It, and similar small species, are often called chats.

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