Brown scrub robin

The brown scrub robin (Cercotrichas signata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and, South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry or moist forests.

Brown scrub robin
Adult at St Lucia, South Africa
Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species:
C. signata
Binomial name
Cercotrichas signata
(Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms

Erythropygia signata

Races

There are two accepted races:[2]

  • Cercotrichas signata subsp. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest
Description: Greyish brown plumage
  • Cercotrichas signata subsp. tongensis – coastal plain from northern KZN to southern Mozambique
Description: Smaller with shorter bill. Paler brown plumage above and warmer buff plumage below. More conspicuous supercilium and moustache stripe.

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Erythropygia signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Chittenden, H.; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0.
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