| Victorin's warbler | |
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| Painted byJoseph Wolf, 1866 | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Macrosphenidae |
| Genus: | Cryptillas Oberholser, 1899 |
| Species: | C. victorini |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptillas victorini (Sundevall, 1860) | |
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Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) orVictorin's scrub warbler, is a species ofAfrican warbler, formerly placed in the familySylviidae. It was recently split from thegenusBradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genusCryptillas.
It is endemic to thefynbos ofSouth Africa's coastalAfromontane area.
The common name and scientific name commemoratesJohan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visitedSouth Africa.[2]
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