White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) [XC510363]
by Peter Boesman from Arusha National Park, Arusha, Tanzania (song)
White-starred Robin (Pogonocichla stellata) [XC690378]
by Rick Nuttall from Loitokitok forest community,Kajiado County, Kenya (call)
Subspecies
Subspecific taxonomy complex; one group of subspecies (including intensa, ruwenzorii, guttifer, orientalis and nominate) has simple piping call, and another (including macarthuri, helleri and transvaalensis) has complex piping call, but these groups not separated in simple geographical pattern; also, subadult plumage (unique among African robins) varies depending on subspecies. Other described subspecies are friedmanni, synonymized with ruwenzorii; lebombo (Lebombo Mts, on Zululand-Swaziland border), synonymized with transvaalensis; and margaritata (described from Pietermaritzburg, in eastern South Africa), synonymized with nominate.