Forest Scrub Robin - BirdForum Opus

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Cercotrichas leucosticta

Distribution

West Africa: found in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Central African Republic, Zaire, Uganda, Angola

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• C. l. leucosticta:

• Ghana

• C. l. colstoni:

• Sierra Leone (Kambui Hills) and Liberia

• C. l. collsi:

• Central African Republic to north-eastern Zaire and western Uganda

• C. l. reichenowi:

• Northern Angola (Huila escarpment)

Behaviour

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Forest Scrub Robin. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 4 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Forest_Scrub_Robin

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