Archer's ground robin (''Cossypha archeri'') or Archer's robin-chat, is a species of
bird
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweig ...
in the family
Muscicapidae
The Old World flycatchers are a large family, the Muscicapidae, of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World (Europe, Africa and Asia), with the exception of several vagrants and two species, Bluethroat (''Luscinia svecica)'' and North ...
.
It is found in the
Albertine Rift montane forests
The Albertine Rift montane forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in east-central Africa. The ecoregion covers the mountains of the northern Albertine Rift, and is home to distinct Afromontane forests with high biodiversity.
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The bird's common name commemorates the British explorer and colonial official Sir
Geoffrey Francis Archer.
References
Archer's ground robin
Archer's ground robin
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN
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