Mountain robin-chat

Mountain robin-chat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Muscicapidae
Genus:	Cossyphicula
Species:	C. isabellae
Binomial name
Cossyphicula isabellae (GR Gray, 1862)

The mountain robin-chat (Cossyphicula isabellae) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.

It is native to the Western High Plateau. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023 found that the mountain robin-chat was sister to the white-bellied robin-chat. ^[2] Based on this result the mountain robin-chat was moved from the genus Cossypha to the genus Cossyphicula . ^[3]

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Cossyphicula isabellae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22709763A263929613. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22709763A263929613.en . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
2. Zhao, M.; Gordon Burleigh, J.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Kimball, R.T. (2023). "A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178: 107646. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 .
3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 July 2023.