Rubeho warbler
| Rubeho warbler | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cisticolidae |
| Genus: | Scepomycter |
| Species: | S. rubehoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Scepomycter rubehoensis Bowie, Fjeldså, and Kiure, 2009 | |
The Rubeho warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis) is a threatened species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in highland forests in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains in Tanzania. This cryptic species was only described in 2009; it having traditionally been included in the closely related Winifred's warbler.
References
- Bowie, R. C. K.; Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. 2009. "Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania." Ibis 151 (4): 709–719. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00954.x