White-browed scrub robin

White-browed scrub robin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cercotrichas
Species: C. leucophrys
Binomial name
Cercotrichas leucophrys
(Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms

Erythropygia zambesiana
Erythropygia ruficauda
Erythropygia leucophrys

The white-browed scrub robin (Cercotrichas leucophrys), also known as the red-backed scrub-robin ( Erythropygia leucophrys), is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

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