Brown scrub robin

Brown scrub robin
Adult at St Lucia, South Africa
Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Tychaedon
Species:	T. signata
Binomial name
Tychaedon signata (Sundevall, 1850)
Synonyms
Cossypha signata Erythropygia signata Tychaedon signata Cercotrichas signata

The brown scrub robin (Tychaedon 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. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas .

Races

There are two accepted races: ^{[2] [3]}

• T. s. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest

Description: Greyish brown plumage

• T. s. 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 (2018). "Tychaedon signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22709909A132083746. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709909A132083746.en . Retrieved 18 December 2023.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
3. Chittenden, H.; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN   978-1-920602-00-0.

External links

• Brown (scrub) robin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.