Rubeho warbler
Appearance
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Rubeho warbler | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Cisticolidae |
Genus: | Scepomycter |
Species: | S. rubehoensis
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Binomial name | |
Scepomycter rubehoensis Bowie, Fjeldså & Kiure, 2009
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The Rubeho warbler (Scepomycter rubehoensis) is a threatened species of bird in the family Cisticolidae. It is found in highland forests in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains in Tanzania. This cryptic species was only described in 2009; it having traditionally been included in the closely related Winifred's warbler.
References
[edit]- Bowie, R. C. K.; Fjeldså, J. & Kiure, J. 2009. "Multilocus molecular DNA variation in Winifred's Warbler Scepomycter winifredae suggests cryptic speciation and the existence of a threatened species in the Rubeho–Ukaguru Mountains of Tanzania." Ibis 151 (4): 709–719. doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00954.x