Forest Scrub-robin

Forest Scrub-robin
Forest Scrub-robin
Illustration by Joseph Smit, 1883
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Erythropygia
Species: E. leucosticta
Binomial name
Erythropygia leucosticta
(Sharpe, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Cercotrichas leucosticta
  • Cossypha leucosticta

The Forest Scrub-robin (Erythropygia leucosticta) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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