White-browed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) White-browed Scrub Robin
The White-browed Scrub Robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cercotrichas leucophrys
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-browed Scrub Robin
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 9 subspecies for this species.
- Cercotrichas leucophrys leucoptera
- Cercotrichas leucophrys eluta
- Cercotrichas leucophrys vulpina
- Cercotrichas leucophrys brunneiceps
- Cercotrichas leucophrys sclateri
- Cercotrichas leucophrys zambesiana
- Cercotrichas leucophrys munda
- Cercotrichas leucophrys ovamboensis
- Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia leucophrys
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Gamtoos River, eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant, 1802, Oiseaux Afrique, 3, pi. 118, 'Le Grivetin.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 11 p.191
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies
Bearded Scrub Robin
Tychaedon quadrivirgata
Miombo Scrub Robin
Tychaedon barbata
Black Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas podobe
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas galactotes
Kalahari Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas paena
Brown-backed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas hartlaubi
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatus
Oriental Magpie-Robin
Copsychus saularis
Rufous-tailed Shama
Copsychus pyrropygus
Madagascar Magpie-Robin
Copsychus albospecularis
Seychelles Magpie-Robin
Copsychus sechellarum
Philippine Magpie-Robin
Copsychus mindanensis
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