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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A perched individual, with views partially obstructed by a branch Locality Chelinda, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp orientalis)
Greg Baker 27 October 2005 29 weeks ago 26 sec 4 -
An adult bird moving from one perch to another, and then flying away. Locality West Usambara, Usambara Mountains, Tanzania (ssp intensa)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 20 February 2012 39 weeks ago 11 sec 4 -
An individual perched and changing position before flying away Locality Chelinda, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp orientalis)
Greg Baker 27 October 2005 29 weeks ago 25 sec 3.8 -
bird looking around Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ruwenzorii)
Daniêl Jimenez 19 September 2010 2 years ago 16 sec 3.6 -
A brief view of an adult carrying nesting material Locality Zovo Chipolo Forest, Nyika Plateau, Northern Region, Malawi (ssp orientalis)
Greg Baker 26 October 2005 30 weeks ago 5 sec 3.3
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Single bird on dead stump
Locality Polokwane (Pietersburg), Limpopo Province, South Africa
jmdebruyn 26 January 2013 19 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird sitting on a branch
Locality Augsburg Zoo, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
Johannes Pfleiderer 11 June 2005 3 years ago 3 -
Single bird on forest edge.
Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp ruwenzorii)
Tom Tarrant 5 January 2006 3 years ago 3
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