Forest scrub robin

Forest scrub robin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
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. leucosticta
Binomial name
Tychaedon leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883)
Synonyms
Erythropygia leucosticta Cossypha leucosticta Cercotrichas leucosticta

The forest scrub robin (Tychaedon leucosticta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas .

Four subspecies are recognised: ^[2]

• T. l. colstoni (Tye, 1991) – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast
• T. l. leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) – Ghana
• T. l. collsi (Alexander, 1907) – southeast Central African Republic, northeast DR Congo and west Uganda
• T. l. reichenowi (Hartert, EJO, 1907) – west Angola

References

1. BirdLife International. (2018). "Tychaedon leucosticta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T22709882A132083511. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709882A132083511.en . Retrieved 16 February 2025.
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.