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Scientific name	Common name	Status
Copsychini	Copsychini	higher-level taxonomy
Alethe	Alethe sp.	genus
Alethe [diademata or castanea]	White-tailed or Fire-crested Alethe	species group (or species)
Alethe diademata	White-tailed Alethe	full species (or nominal subsp)
Alethe castanea	Fire-crested Alethe	full species (or subspecies)
Alethe castanea castanea	Fire-crested Alethe (castanea)	nominal subspecies
Alethe castanea woosnami	Fire-crested Alethe (woosnami)	subspecies
Cercotrichas	Cercotrichas sp.	genus
Cercotrichas (Erythropygia)	Erythropygia sp. (Cercotrichas)	genus (synonym)
Cercotrichas (Agrobates)	Agrobates sp. (Cercotrichas)	genus (synonym)
Cercotrichas hartlaubi	Brown-backed Scrub-Robin	full species
Cercotrichas hartlaubi (hartlaubi)	Brown-backed Scrub-Robin (syn. hartlaubi)	nominal suspecies (sensu stricto)
Cercotrichas hartlaubi (kenia)	Brown-backed Scrub-Robin (syn. kenia)	junior synonym (or subspecies)
Cercotrichas [leucophrys or leucoptera]	Red-backed or White-winged Scrub-Robin	species group (or species)
Cercotrichas leucophrys	Red-backed Scrub-Robin	full species (or nominal subsp)
Cercotrichas leucophrys [excl. eluta, vulpina]	Red-backed Scrub-Robin [excl. eluta, vulpina]	species (alt)
Cercotrichas leucophrys [leucophrys]	Red-backed Scrub-Robin [leucophrys]	subspecies group (or species)
Cercotrichas leucophrys [leucophrys or simulator]	Red-backed Scrub-Robin [leucophrys or simulator]	subspecies group (or species)
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys)	nominal subspecies
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (leucophrys)	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys, sensu stricto)	nominal suspecies (sensu stricto)
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (pectoralis)	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys, syn. pectoralis)	junior synonym (or subspecies)
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (strepitans)	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys, syn. strepitans)	junior synonym (or subspecies)
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (makalaka)	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys, syn. makalaka)	junior synonym (or subspecies)
Cercotrichas leucophrys leucophrys (limpopoensis)	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (leucophrys, syn. limpopoensis)	junior synonym (or subspecies)
Cercotrichas leucophrys simulator	Red-backed Scrub-Robin (simulator)	subspecies