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White-browed scrub robin
Cercotrichas leucophrys · Family Muscicapidae
Cercotrichas leucophrys
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 162,393
- Countries and territories with records
- 23
About this species
This species has 162,393 occurrence records from 23 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (69%), Kenya (8.3%), Tanzania (4.2%), Namibia (3.8%) and Zimbabwe (3.3%); together they account for 88.5% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cercotrichas leucophrys combines the genus name Cercotrichas with the species epithet leucophrys. The Warbla app catalog lists 5 species of the genus Cercotrichas; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cercotrichas paena, Cercotrichas galactotes and Cercotrichas podobe.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 27th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is 1.4 times the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.