Eastern Forest Robin

Taxobox
name = Eastern Forest Robin
status = not rated


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Muscicapidae
genus = "Stiphrornis"
species = "S. xanthogaster"
binomial = "Stiphrornis xanthogaster"
binomial_authority = Sharpe, 1883

The Eastern Forest Robin ("Stiphrornis xanthogaster") is a small species of bird found at low levels in forests from Cameroon and Gabon to DR Congo and Uganda.Collar, N. (2005). Forest Robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax). Pp. 730-731 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. eds. (2005). "Handbook of the Birds of the World." Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN 84-87334-72-5] It was considered a subspecies of "S. erythrothorax" until 1999, when it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species.Beresford, P. & Cracraft, J. (1999). "Speciation in African forest robins (Stiphrornis): species limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography." American Museum Novitates 3270: 1–22. [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/3048/1/N3270.pdf PDF available.] ] IUCN and some other authorities do not recognize the split, and consequently it has not been rated as species separate from "S. erythrothorax".IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2006|id=51729|title=Stiphrornis erythrothorax |downloaded=27 September 2008] However, it has been described as frequent to locally abundant, and is therefore unlikely to qualify for a threatened category.

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