Classification

Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 11 p.191

Protonym:
  Sylvia leucophrys

Type locality:
  Gamtoos River, eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant, 1802, Oiseaux Afrique, 3, pl. 118, 'Le Grivetin.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63932#page/205/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  14766EC7A847441B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-14766EC7

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/14766EC7

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916327

Geographic range:

• Cercotrichas leucophrys [leucophrys or simulator]: southern Zimbabwe and eastern South Africa, southward along the coast to Eastern Cape
• Cercotrichas leucophrys eluta: southern Somalia (Juba River area) and adjacent northeastern Kenya
• Cercotrichas leucophrys brunneiceps: central Kenya to northeastern Tanzania (west of Kilimanjaro to Loliondo)
• Cercotrichas leucophrys vulpina: south-central Kenya to far northeastern Tanzania
• Cercotrichas leucophrys sclateri: central Tanzania
• Cercotrichas leucophrys munda: Congo River to central Angola and Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga)
• Cercotrichas leucophrys ovamboensis: southern Angola to southwestern Zambia, northern Botswana, northern Namibia, and western Zimbabwe
• Cercotrichas leucophrys zambesiana: far southern South Sudan and northern and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to western Kenya, southward to Malawi, northern Mozambique, and eastern Zimbabwe
• Show more...