Olive-backed forest robin
| Olive-backed forest robin | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Stiphrornis |
| Species: | S. pyrrholaemus
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| Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus Schmidt & Angehr, 2008[2]
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The olive-backed forest robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus) is a species of passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that is found in the Gamba Complex in southwest Gabon. It was described in 2008. The olive-backed forest robin can be distinguished from other species in the forest robin complex by the combination of its olive upperparts, bright orange throat and chest, and cream-yellow belly. Its song is also distinct from other subspecies of the forest robin. Females are generally duller than males.[2]
Though this species was described in 2008, a juvenile appears to have been collected on 11 November 1953 in Tchibanga, Gabon. The specimen is deposited in the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. Its identity was confirmed by comparison of the DNA sequences.[2]
Taxonomy
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The olive-backed forest robin was formerly described in 2008 by Brian Schmidt and collaborators under the binomial name Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus based on a specimen collected in the Moukalaba-Doudou National Park, Gabon, West Africa.[2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek πυρρος/purrhos meaning "flame-coloured" or "red" with λαιμος/laimos meaning "throat".[3] The olive-backed forest robin was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the forest robin,[4] but is now treated as a separate species. It is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22735640A104209434. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22735640A104209434.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d Schmidt, B.K.; Foster, J.T.; Angehr, G.R.; Durrant, K.L.; Fleischer, R.C. (2008). "A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)". Zootaxa. 1850 (1): 27–42. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1850.1.2.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "pyrrholaemus". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Dickinson, E.C.; Christidis, L., eds. (2014). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 2: Passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 598. ISBN 978-0-9568611-2-2.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 April 2025.