Rubeho warbler

The Rubeho warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis) is a threatened species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in highland forests in the RubehoUkaguru Mountains in Tanzania. This cryptic species was only described in 2009; it having traditionally been included in the closely related Winifred's warbler.

Rubeho warbler
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Cisticolidae
Genus: Scepomycter
Species:
S. rubehoensis
Binomial name
Scepomycter rubehoensis
Bowie, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2009

References

  • Bowie, R. C. K.; Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. 2009. "Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania." Ibis 151 (4): 709–719. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00954.x


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