Karoo Scrub Robin
Tychaedon coryphoeus(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Karoo Scrub Robin
The Karoo Scrub Robin (Tychaedon coryphoeus) 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
- Tychaedon coryphoeus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Karoo Scrub Robin
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Tychaedon coryphoeus abboti
- Tychaedon coryphoeus coryphoeus
- Tychaedon coryphoeus cinerea
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Sylvia coryphaeus
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- 'Le Coriphee' Sondag and Zwarte-kop Rivers ; restricted to Uitenhage, Sunday River, Cape Province by Macdonald, 1952, Bull. Brit. Orn. Club, 72, p. 91.
- 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.177
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
White-tailed Alethe
Alethe diademata
Fire-crested Alethe
Alethe castanea
Forest Scrub Robin
Tychaedon leucosticta
Brown Scrub Robin
Tychaedon signata
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
White-browed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Indian Robin
Copsychus fulicatus
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