Victorin's warbler
Species of bird
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Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus Bradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genus Cryptillas.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
| Species: | C. victorini |
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| Cryptillas victorini (Sundevall, 1860) | |
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It is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa's coastal Afromontane area.
The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa.[2]