| Victorin's Warbler | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
| Species: | C. victorini |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptillas victorini (Sundevall, 1860) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Bradypterus victorini |
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The Victorin's Warbler (Cryptillas victorini), or Victorin's Scrub-warbler is a species of African Warbler, formerly placed in the Sylviidae family. It is not closely related to the genus Bradypterus, where it was placed for many years, but a instead is placed in a monotypic genus Cryptillas.
It is found only in South Africa; its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.