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| White-browed scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys) | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: |
Cercotrichas F. Boie, 1831 |
| Type species | |
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Turdus erythropterus
[1] Gmelin, 1789
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| Species | |
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The scrub robins or bush chats are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Cercotrichas. They were formerly considered to be in the thrush family, ( Turdidae), but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, ( Muscicapidae). They are not closely related to the Australian scrub-robins, genus Drymodes in the family Petroicidae.
The genus name Cercotrichas is from Ancient Greek kerkos, "tail" and trikhas, "thrush". [2]
Scrub robins are mainly African species of open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or on the ground, but the rufous-tailed scrub robin also breeds in southern Europe and east to Pakistan.
The genus contains the following ten species: [3]
- Karoo scrub robin, Cercotrichas coryphoeus
- Forest scrub robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta
- Bearded scrub robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
- Miombo scrub robin, Cercotrichas barbata
- Black scrub robin, Cercotrichas podobe
- Rufous-tailed scrub robin, Cercotrichas galactotes
- Kalahari scrub robin, Cercotrichas paena
- Brown-backed scrub robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi
- White-browed scrub robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys
- Brown scrub robin, Cercotrichas signata
References
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4..
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
Further reading
- Voelker, G.; Peñalbab, J.V.; Huntley, J.W.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2014). "Diversification in an Afro-Asian songbird clade (Erythropygia–Copsychus) reveals founder-event speciation via trans-oceanic dispersals and a southern to northern colonization pattern in Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73: 97–105. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.024. PMID 24508703.
| Scrub robins | |
|---|---|
|
| |
| White-browed scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys) | |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: |
Cercotrichas F. Boie, 1831 |
| Type species | |
|
Turdus erythropterus
[1] Gmelin, 1789
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| Species | |
|
See text | |
The scrub robins or bush chats are medium-sized insectivorous birds in the genus Cercotrichas. They were formerly considered to be in the thrush family, ( Turdidae), but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher family, ( Muscicapidae). They are not closely related to the Australian scrub-robins, genus Drymodes in the family Petroicidae.
The genus name Cercotrichas is from Ancient Greek kerkos, "tail" and trikhas, "thrush". [2]
Scrub robins are mainly African species of open woodland or scrub, which nest in bushes or on the ground, but the rufous-tailed scrub robin also breeds in southern Europe and east to Pakistan.
The genus contains the following ten species: [3]
- Karoo scrub robin, Cercotrichas coryphoeus
- Forest scrub robin, Cercotrichas leucosticta
- Bearded scrub robin, Cercotrichas quadrivirgata
- Miombo scrub robin, Cercotrichas barbata
- Black scrub robin, Cercotrichas podobe
- Rufous-tailed scrub robin, Cercotrichas galactotes
- Kalahari scrub robin, Cercotrichas paena
- Brown-backed scrub robin, Cercotrichas hartlaubi
- White-browed scrub robin, Cercotrichas leucophrys
- Brown scrub robin, Cercotrichas signata
References
- ^ "Muscicapidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London, United Kingdom: Christopher Helm. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4..
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
Further reading
- Voelker, G.; Peñalbab, J.V.; Huntley, J.W.; Bowie, R.C.K. (2014). "Diversification in an Afro-Asian songbird clade (Erythropygia–Copsychus) reveals founder-event speciation via trans-oceanic dispersals and a southern to northern colonization pattern in Africa". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 73: 97–105. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.01.024. PMID 24508703.