White-crowned robin-chat

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White-crowned robin-chat
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At London Zoo, England
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species:
C. albicapillus
Binomial name
Cossypha albicapillus
(Vieillot, 1818)

The white-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. Its range extends mainly across the western region of the Sudanian savanna. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

It has typically been assumed to be monogamous. However, at least one instance of cooperative breeding and possible multiple paternity has been observed. [2]

At San Diego Zoo White-crowned Robin-chat RWD5.jpg
At San Diego Zoo

References

  1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Cossypha albicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024: e.T22709853A263918726. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22709853A263918726.en . Retrieved 9 February 2025.
  2. Collar, Nigel (2020-03-04), "White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, retrieved 2024-04-22