The snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is also known as the snowy-headed robin-chat. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and moist savanna.
Snowy-crowned robin-chat | |
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Kwara state, Nigeria | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cossypha |
Species: | C. niveicapilla
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Binomial name | |
Cossypha niveicapilla (Lafresnaye, 1838)
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References
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- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cossypha niveicapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22709847A94225303. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22709847A94225303.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.