Thrushes (Turdidae)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) - HBW 10, p. 729
French: Rougegorge étoilé
German: Sternrötel
Spanish: Ruiseñor Estrellado
Other common names: Starred Robin
Taxonomy: Muscicapa stellata Vieillot, 1818, Plettenberg Bay, Cape Province, South Africa.
Subspecific taxonomy complex; one group of races (including intensa, ruwenzorii, guttifer, orientalis and nominate) has simple piping call, and another (including macarthuri, helleri and transvaalensis) has complex piping call, but these groups not separated in simple geographical pattern; also, subadult plumage (unique among African robins) varies depending on race. Other described races are friedmanni, synonymized with ruwenzorii; lebombo (Lebombo Mts, on Zululand-Swaziland border), synonymized with transvaalensis;.. View all taxonomy...
Subspecific taxonomy complex; one group of races (including intensa, ruwenzorii, guttifer, orientalis and nominate) has simple piping call, and another (including macarthuri, helleri and transvaalensis) has complex piping call, but these groups not separated in simple geographical pattern; also, subadult plumage (unique among African robins) varies depending on race. Other described races are friedmanni, synonymized with ruwenzorii; lebombo (Lebombo Mts, on Zululand-Swaziland border), synonymized with transvaalensis; and margaritata (described from Pietermaritzburg, in E South Africa), synonymized with nominate. Twelve subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pallidiflava Cunningham-van Someren & Schifter, 1981 - Imatong Mts, in S Sudan.
- ruwenzorii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - NE DRCongo, SW Uganda, W Rwanda and W Burundi.
- elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) - Mt Elgon, on Uganda-Kenya border.
- pallidiflava Cunningham-van Someren & Schifter, 1981 - Imatong Mts, in S Sudan.
- ruwenzorii (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) - NE DRCongo, SW Uganda, W Rwanda and W Burundi.
- elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911) - Mt Elgon, on Uganda-Kenya border.
- intensa Sharpe, 1901 - N & C Kenya and N Tanzania.
- macarthuri van Someren, 1939 - Chyulu Hills, in SE Kenya.
- helleri Mearns, 1913 - Taita Hills (SE Kenya) and NE Tanzania.
- guttifer (Reichenow & Neumann, 1895) - Mt Kilimanjaro, in N Tanzania.
- orientalis (G. A. Fischer & Reichenow, 1884) - W, E, & S Tanzania S to Malawi and Mozambique.
- hygrica Clancey, 1969 - W Mozambique.
- chirindensis (Roberts, 1914) - E Zimbabwe.
- transvaalensis (Roberts, 1912) - N South Africa (former Transvaal).
- stellata (Vieillot, 1818) - E & S South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Eastern Cape and Western Cape) and Swaziland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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bird looking around Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ruwenzorii)
Daniêl Jimenez 19 September 2010 1 year ago 16 sec 3.4
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A bird sitting on a branch
Locality Augsburg Zoo, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 11 June 2005 2 years ago 3 -
Single bird on forest edge.
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ruwenzorii)
Tom Tarrant 5 January 2006 2 years ago 3
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