Forest scrub robin

Forest scrub robin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species: C. leucosticta
Binomial name
Cercotrichas leucosticta
(Sharpe, 1883)
Synonyms

Erythropygia leucosticta
Cossypha leucosticta

The forest scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucosticta) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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