Forest scrub robin

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.

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Aves

Order:Passeriformes

Family:Muscicapidae

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Forest scrub robin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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

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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