Sangha Forest Robin

Sangha Forest Robin

Taxobox
name = Sangha Forest Robin
status = not rated (but see text)


image_width = 240px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Muscicapidae
genus = "Stiphrornis"
species = "S. sanghensis"
binomial = "Stiphrornis sanghensis"
binomial_authority = Beresford & Cracraft, 1999

The Sangha Forest Robin ("Stiphrornis sanghensis") is a small forest robin-type bird that is endemic to south-western Central African Republic, but may also occur in adjacent parts of DR Congo, Cameroon and Republic of the Congo.IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2006|id=51729|title=Stiphrornis erythrothorax |downloaded=27 September 2008] It was only discovered in 1996, and scientifically described in 1999.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 by IUCN, it was considered data deficient, but following recommendations by the BirdLife Taxonomic Working Group, IUCN now consider it a subspecies 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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