White-browed Scrub Robin

Cercotrichas leucophrys

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Muscicapidae
Genus
Cercotrichas
eBird Code
rbsrob1

Taxonomy Changes

Erythropygia leucophrys Cercotrichas leucophrys

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Vocalizations

Prince Molokomme · CC0_1_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Jo Roberts · CC0_1_0
Matthew Fainman · CC_BY_4_0
Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0
Marco Plebani · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (9)

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys brunneiceps

    central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania (west of Kilimanjaro to Loliondo)

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys eluta

    southern Somalia (Juba River area) and adjacent northeastern Kenya

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys

    southern Zimbabwe and eastern South Africa, southward along the coast to Eastern Cape

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys leucoptera

    southeastern South Sudan, central and southern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, and northern Kenya

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys munda

    Congo River to central Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys ovamboensis

    southern Angola to southwestern Zambia, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, and western Zimbabwe

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys sclateri

    central Tanzania

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys vulpina

    south-central Kenya to far northeastern Tanzania

  • Cercotrichas leucophrys zambesiana

    far southern South Sudan and northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Kenya, southward to Malawi, northern Mozambique, and eastern Zimbabwe

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.