Archer's ground robin

Archer's ground robin
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species: C. archeri
Binomial name
Cossypha archeri
(Sharpe, 1902)

Archer's ground robin or Archer's robin-chat (Cossypha archeri) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

The bird's common name commemorates the British explorer and colonial official Sir Geoffrey Francis Arthur.[2]

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Cossypha archeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 29.