- Sangha Forest Robin
Taxobox
name = Sangha Forest Robin
status = not rated (but see text)
image_width = 240px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Muscicapidae
genus = "Stiphrornis "
species = "S. sanghensis"
binomial = "Stiphrornis sanghensis"
binomial_authority = Beresford & Cracraft, 1999The Sangha Forest Robin ("Stiphrornis sanghensis") is a small
forest robin -typebird that is endemic to south-westernCentral African Republic , but may also occur in adjacent parts ofDR Congo ,Cameroon andRepublic of the Congo .IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2006|id=51729|title=Stiphrornis erythrothorax |downloaded=27 September 2008] It was only discovered in1996 , and scientifically described in1999 .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.] ] When recognized as a species byIUCN , it was considereddata deficient , but following recommendations by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group, IUCN now consider it asubspecies of "S. erythrothorax". It has been described as common.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]References
* [http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/biobulletin/biobulletin/story830.html A New Species of Robin]
* [http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/spec/spec142-121.html Forest Robin Stiphrornis erythrothorax]
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