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Orange-breasted Forest Robin
Stiphrornis erythrothorax Hartlaub, 1855
Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Orange-breasted Forest Robin, Stiphrornis erythrothorax, is a passerine in the Muscicapidae family that breeds in West and Central Africa, from Sierra Leone to central Cameroon and northern Gabon, including Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea. It was described by Hartlaub in 1855. The species is associated with African tropical rainforest. Its upperparts are dark, while the throat and breast are yellow-orange to deep orange, depending on the subspecies. Recognised subspecies include erythrothorax, gabonensis, dahomeyensis and inexpectatus, each with its own part of the range.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sierra Leone to c Cameroon and n Gabon; Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
