Victorin's warbler explained

Victorin's warbler (Cryptillas victorini) or Victorin's scrub warbler, is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It was recently split from the genus Bradypterus and now belongs to a monotypic genus Cryptillas.

It is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa's coastal Afromontane area.

The common name and scientific name commemorates Johan Fredrik Victorin (1831-1855), a Swedish traveler who visited South Africa.^[1]

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Bradypterus victorini. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.

External links

• Victorin's warbler - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 352. Watkins, Michael .