| Brown scrub robin | |
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| Adult at St Lucia, South Africa | |
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| Juvenile in Mkhuze G. R., South Africa | |
| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cercotrichas |
| Species: | C. signata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cercotrichas signata (Sundevall, 1850) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cossypha signata | |
The brown scrub robin (Cercotrichas signata) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and, South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical dry or moist forests.
Races
There are two accepted races:
- Cercotrichas signata subsp. signata – South African coastal bush and Afromontane forest
- Description: Greyish brown plumage
- Cercotrichas signata subsp. tongensis – coastal plain from northern KZN to southern Mozambique
- Description: Smaller with shorter bill. Paler brown plumage above and warmer buff plumage below. More conspicuous supercilium and moustache stripe.
References
- BirdLife International (2018). "Tychaedon signata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22709909A132083746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709909A132083746.en. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- Chittenden, H.; et al. (2012). Roberts geographic variation of southern African birds. Cape Town: JVBBF. pp. 202–203. ISBN 978-1-920602-00-0.
External links
- Brown (scrub) robin - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cercotrichas signata | |
| Erythropygia signata | |
| Tychaedon signata | |
| Cossypha signata | |
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