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
Gabon forest robin (top); and western forest robin (bottom)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Stiphrornis
Species:
S. erythrothorax
Subspecies:
S. e. gabonensis
Trinomial name
Stiphrornis erythrothorax gabonensis
Sharpe, 1883
Synonyms

Stiphrornis gabonensis

References
  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. BirdLife International (2006). "Stiphrornis erythrothorax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2006. Retrieved 27 September 2008.


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