Victorin's warbler
| 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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Bradypterus victorini | |
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.
The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Frederik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa.[1]
References
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 352.
References
- BirdLife International 2004. Bradypterus victorini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
External links
- Victorin's warbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.