A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)

Brian K. Schmidt; Jeffrey T. Foster; George R. Angehr; Kate L. Durrant; Robert C. Fleischer

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1850.1.2

A new species of African Forest Robin from Gabon (Passeriformes: Muscicapidae: Stiphrornis)

Brian K. Schmidt, Jeffrey T. Foster, George R. Angehr, Kate L. Durrant, Robert C. Fleischer

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Abstract

We describe a new species of forest robin from the Gamba Complex in southwest Gabon. This common bird, Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus sp. nov., inhabits primary lowland forest and forages on or near the ground like the other members of the genus Stiphrornis of central and western Africa. Unique phenotypic features of the new species include the male's bright orange chin, throat, and breast, creamy yellow belly, olive green back and rump, and gray flanks. Mitochondrial sequence divergence corroborates our assessment based on its distinct physical characteristics that this is a new species, and suggest that Stiphrornis erythrothorax is likely the most closely related congener.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	27-42
Number of pages	16
Journal	Zootaxa
Issue number	1850
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1850.1.2
State	Published - Aug 15 2008

Keywords

African forest robin
Gamba complex
Moukalaba-Doudou National Park
Stiphrornis pyrrholaemus

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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