White-crowned robin-chat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cossypha |
Species: | C. albicapillus
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Binomial name | |
Cossypha albicapillus (Vieillot, 1818)
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The white-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapillus) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Togo. 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]
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Cossypha albicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ Collar, Nigel (2020-03-04), "White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, retrieved 2024-04-22