White-browed Scrub Robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys
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
Subspecies (9)
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Cercotrichas leucophrys brunneiceps
central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania (west of Kilimanjaro to Loliondo)
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Cercotrichas leucophrys eluta
southern Somalia (Juba River area) and adjacent northeastern Kenya
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Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys
southern Zimbabwe and eastern South Africa, southward along the coast to Eastern Cape
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Cercotrichas leucophrys leucoptera
southeastern South Sudan, central and southern Ethiopia, northwestern Somalia, and northern Kenya
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Cercotrichas leucophrys munda
Congo River to central Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)
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Cercotrichas leucophrys ovamboensis
southern Angola to southwestern Zambia, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, and western Zimbabwe
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Cercotrichas leucophrys sclateri
central Tanzania
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Cercotrichas leucophrys vulpina
south-central Kenya to far northeastern Tanzania
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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.