Gabon forest robin
The Gabon forest robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax gabonensis) is a subspecies of the forest robin found at low levels of forests in Cameroon, Gabon and Bioko.[1] In 1999 it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species instead of a subspecies.[2] IUCN and some other authorities do not recognize the split, and consequently it has not been rated as species separate from the forest robin.[3] However, it has been described as frequent to locally abundant,[1] and is therefore unlikely to qualify for a threatened category.
| Gabon forest robin | |
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| Gabon forest robin (top); and western forest robin (bottom) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Stiphrornis |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | S. e. gabonensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Stiphrornis erythrothorax gabonensis Sharpe, 1883 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Stiphrornis gabonensis | |
References
- 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
- Beresford, P. & Cracraft, J. (1999). Speciation in African forest robins (Stiphrornis): species limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography. American Museum Novitates 3270: 1–22. PDF available.
- BirdLife International (2006). "Stiphrornis erythrothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2008.
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