Yellow-breasted forest robin
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The yellow-breasted forest robin (Stiphrornis xanthogaster), also known as the eastern forest robin, is a species of passerine bird in the family Muscicapidae that is found at low levels in forests from Cameroon and Gabon to DR Congo, Congo and Uganda.[1] In 1999 it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species instead of a subspecies.[2]
Taxonomy
The yellow-breasted forest robin was formally described in 1903 by the English ornithologist Richard Bowdler Sharpe under the current binomial name Stiphrornis xanthogaster based on a specimen collected on the banks of the Dja River in Cameroon.[3][4] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ξανθος/xanthos meaning "yellow" with γαστηρ/gastēr meaning "belly".[5]
Three subspecies are recognised:[6]
- S. x. xanthogaster Sharpe, 1903 – southeast Cameroon and northeast Gabon to north, central DR Congo and south Uganda
- S. x. sanghensis Beresford & Cracraft, 1999 – southwest Central African Republic
- S. x. rudderi Voelker, Tobler, Prestridge, Duijm, Groenenberg, Martin, AD, Nieman & Roselaar & Huntley, 2017 – central north DR Congo
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