The forest scrub robin (Tychaedon leucosticta) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is disjunctly present throughout the African tropical rainforest. This species was formerly placed in the genus Cercotrichas.

Four subspecies are recognised:

• T. l. colstoni (Tye, 1991) – Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast

• T. l. leucosticta (Sharpe, 1883) – Ghana

• T. l. collsi (Alexander, 1907) – southeast Central African Republic, northeast DR Congo and west Uganda

• T. l. reichenowi (Hartert, EJO, 1907) – west Angola

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