Victorin's Warbler (Cryptillas victorini)

Other Names (World)
Victorin's Warbler, Victorin's Scrub-Warbler, Victorin's Bush-warbler

Family
Macrosphenidae (Crombecs And Allies)

Size
16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sundevall, 1860)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

South Africa.

Southern South Africa: Western Cape (southern from northern Cedarberg Mts) eastern along coast (ranging to c. 75 km inland) to southern Eastern Cape (Uitenhage).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Victorin's Warbler (Cryptillas victorini) [XC299464]
by Peter Boesman from Kareedouw, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Victorin's Warbler (Cryptillas victorini) [XC519679]
by Niall Perrins from Rugbos picnic site, Kou-Kamma, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Relationships unclear. Unique among African members of genus with regard to plumage, structure, behaviour and song. Sometimes separated in genus Cryptillas.

References
See References.

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