White-browed Scrub Robin | |
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Subspecies E. l. zambesiana (lower left), and E. l. munda (upper right); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Erythropygia |
Species: | E. leucophrys |
Binomial name | |
Erythropygia leucophrys (Vieillot, 1817) |
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The White-browed Scrub Robin (Erythropygia leucophrys), also known as the Red-backed Scrub-robin, is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.