Yellow-breasted forest robin

Yellow-breasted forest robin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Stiphrornis
Species:
S. xanthogaster
Binomial name
Stiphrornis xanthogaster
Sharpe, 1903

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. In 1999 it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species instead of a subspecies.

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. The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ξανθος/xanthos meaning "yellow" with γαστηρ/gastēr meaning "belly".

Three subspecies are recognised:

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Stiphrornis xanthogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103762997A132191728.en. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Collar, N.J. (2005). "Forest Robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax)". In del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Christie, D.A. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 10: Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona, Spain: Lynx Edicions. pp. 730–731. ISBN 978-84-87334-72-6.
  3. ↑ Beresford, P.; Cracraft, J. (1999). "Speciation in African forest robins (Stiphrornis): species limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography". American Museum Novitates (3270): 1–22. hdl:2246/3048.
  4. ↑ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1903). "Dr. Bowdler Sharpe described four new species of birds from the Camaroons". Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. 14: 19.
  5. ↑ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 35.
  6. ↑ Jobling, James A. "xanthogaster". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 3 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 April 2025.