Eastern forest robin

Eastern forest robin
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Stiphrornis
Species:	S. xanthogaster
Binomial name
Stiphrornis xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903

The yellow-breasted forest robin (Stiphrornis xanthogaster), also known as the eastern forest robin, is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae that is found at low levels in forests from Cameroon and Gabon to DR Congo and Uganda. ^[2] In 1999 it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species instead of a subspecies. ^[3]

Taxonomy

The yellow-breasted forest robin was formally described in 1903 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe under the current binomial name Stiphrornis xanthogaster based on a specimen collected on the banks of the Dja River in Cameroon. ^{[4] [5]} The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ξανθος/xanthos meaning "yellow" with γαστηρ/gastēr meaning "belly". ^[6]

Three subspecies are recognised: ^[7]

• S. x. xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903 – southeast Cameroon and northeast Gabon to north, central DR Congo and south Uganda
• S. x. sanghensis Beresford & Cracraft, 1999 – southwest Central African Republic
• S. x. rudderi Voelker, Tobler, Prestridge, Duijm, Groenenberg, Martin, AD, Nieman & Roselaar & Huntley, 2017 – central north DR Congo

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Stiphrornis xanthogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103762997A132191728.en . Retrieved 3 April 2025.
2. Collar, N.J. (2005). "Forest Robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax)" . In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 730–731. ISBN   978-84-87334-72-6.
3. Beresford, P.; Cracraft, J. (1999). "Speciation in African forest robins (Stiphrornis): species limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography". American Museum Novitates. 3270: 1–22.
4. Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1903). "Dr. Bowdler Sharpe described four new species of birds from the Camaroons". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 14: 19.
5. Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 35.
6. Jobling, James A. "xanthogaster". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
7. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 April 2025.