Victorin's warbler | |
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Painted by Joseph Wolf, 1866 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Macrosphenidae |
Genus: |
Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
Species: | C. victorini
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Binomial name | |
Cryptillas victorini (
Sundevall, 1860)
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Synonyms | |
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Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus Bradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genus Cryptillas.
It is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa's coastal Afromontane area.
The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa. [2]
Victorin's warbler | |
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Painted by Joseph Wolf, 1866 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Macrosphenidae |
Genus: |
Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
Species: | C. victorini
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Binomial name | |
Cryptillas victorini (
Sundevall, 1860)
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Synonyms | |
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Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus Bradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genus Cryptillas.
It is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa's coastal Afromontane area.
The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa. [2]