The eastern forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax xanthogaster'') is a subspecies of the
forest robin
The forest robin or orange-breasted forest robin (''Stiphrornis erythrothorax'') is a species of bird from Central and West Africa. It is monotypic in the genus ''Stiphrornis''. It has been placed in the family Turdidae, but is now generally plac ...
found at low levels in forests from
Cameroon
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and
Gabon
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to
DR Congo
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and
Uganda
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[Collar, N. (2005). Forest Robin (Stiphrornis erythrothorax). Pp. 730-731 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., & Christie, D. eds. (2005). ''Handbook of the Birds of the World.'' Vol. 10. Cuckoo-shrikes to Thrushes. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ] In 1999 it was recommended that it should be treated as a separate species instead of a subspecies.
[Beresford, P. & Cracraft, J. (1999). ''Speciation in African forest robins (Stiphrornis): species limits, phylogenetic relationships, and molecular biogeography.'' American Museum Novitates 3270: 1–22]
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/ref> IUCN and some other authorities do not recognize the split, and consequently it has not been rated as species separate from ''S. erythrothorax''.[ and is therefore unlikely to qualify for a ]threatened
Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...
category.
References
Stiphrornis
Birds described in 1883
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