Victorin’s Warbler
Photo © Justin Ponder
Photo © Justin Ponder — CC BY 4.0 — Source: iNaturalist #202508528Victorin'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.
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