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The white-starred robin (''Pogonocichla stellata'') is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher and chat family Muscicapidae. It is also sometimes more simply called the starred robin. It is monotypic within the genus ''Pogonocichla''. There are around twelve subspecies. The species is found in East and Southern Africa. It is a forest species, occurring in montane forest in the north of its range but closer to sea level further south. This is a brightly coloured robin with a bright yellow breast and belly, a slate coloured head with spots on the eyes and throat and blueish wings. The white-starred robin gives a range of calls that vary geographically. The diet is dominated by insects, although some fruit is taken as well. It is a territorial and seasonal breeder that lays up to three eggs in a domed nest. ==Taxonomy== The white-starred robin is related to the chats, subfamily Saxicolinae, a group formerly placed with the thrush family Turdidae, but now placed in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. Its position within the family is somewhat uncertain; along with three other monotypic African robin genera it is thought to have affinities with the robin-chats in the genus ''Cossypha'', and it is sometimes placed close to the Swynnerton's robin (''Swynnertonia''). The taxonomy within the species is highly complex, as across its range it has some subspecies with intermediate plumages between juveniles and adults, and in some not. There are also different songs across the subspecies and in particular two types of pipping call which have a patchwork distribution across the range and between the subspecies. At present twelve subspecies are recognised:〔 *''Pogonocichla stellata stellata'' (Vieillot, 1818) is found in eastern and southern South Africa *''P. s. transvaalensis'' (Roberts, 1912) is found in northern South Africa *''P. s. chirindensis'' (Roberts, 1914) is found in East Zimbabwe *''P. s. hygrica'' (Clancey, 1969) is found in west Mozambique. *''P. s. orientalis'' (G.A. Fischer & Reinchenow, 1884) in west, east and south Tanzania, Malawi and Mozambique *''P. s. guttifer'' (Reinchenow & Neumann, 1895), Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania *''P. s. helleri'' (Mearns, 1913), Taita Hills, Kenya, and north-eat Tanzania *''P. s. macarthuri'' (van Someren, 1939), Chyulu Hills, Kenya *''P. s. intensa'' (Sharpe, 1901), north and central Kenya and north Tanzania *''P. s. elgonensis'' (Ogilvie-Grant, 1911), Mount Elgon, Kenya and Uganda *''P.s. ruwenzorii'', (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906), north-east Democratic Republic of the Congo, south west Uganda, west Rwanda and Burundi *''P. s. pallidiflava'', (Cunningham-van Someren & Schifter, 1981), Imatong Mountains, South Sudan Several other races have been described; ''friedmanni'', which is synonymised with ''ruwenzorii'', ''lebombo'', from the border of South Africa and Swaziland, which is synonymised with ''transvaalensis'', and ''margaritata'', which is synonymised with the nominate race. In Bowie's 2006 study of the genetics of the northern subspecies ''intensa'' and ''pallidiflava'' were treated as a single subspecies, ''keniensis''. The generic name ''Pogoncichla'' is derived from the Greek ''pogon'' for beard, a reference to the white spots on the throat and face, and ''kikhle'' for thrush. Similarly the speciefic name ''stellata'' and the species' common name are also derived from the facial spots.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「White-starred robin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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