Victorin's warbler
Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus Bradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genus Cryptillas.
| Victorin's warbler | |
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| Painted by Joseph Wolf, 1866 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
| Species: | C. victorini |
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| Cryptillas victorini (Sundevall, 1860) | |
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It is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa's coastal Afromontane area.
The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa.[1]
References
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 352.
- BirdLife International 2004. Bradypterus victorini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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