| Cossypha | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Snowy-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cossypha Vigors, 1825 |
| Type species | |
| Turdus vociferans[1] Swainson, 1823 | |
Cossypha are small insectivorousbirds, with most species called robin-chats. They were formerly in thethrush familyTurdidae, but are now more often treated as part of theOld World flycatcher Muscicapidae.[citation needed]
These areAfrican woodland dwelling species, but some have become adapted to sites around human habitation.
The nameCossypha for the genus was introduced by the Irish zoologistNicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825.[2] The word comes from theClassical Greekkossuphos for a blackbird or thrush.[3]
The genus contains the following eight species:[4]
| Image | Common Name | Scientific Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | White-crowned robin-chat | Cossypha albicapillus | Sudanian savanna |
 | White-browed robin-chat | Cossypha heuglini | Sub-Saharan Africa (rare in western and southern Africa) |
 | Chorister robin-chat | Cossypha dichroa | eastern southern Africa |
_(45855319714).jpg) | Rüppell's robin-chat | Cossypha semirufa | eastern Afromontane |
 | Snowy-crowned robin-chat | Cossypha niveicapilla | northern Sub-Saharan Africa |
_on_tap%2c_cropped_close-up.jpg) | Red-capped robin-chat | Cossypha natalensis | central and eastern Sub-Saharan Africa |
| - | White-headed robin-chat | Cossypha heinrichi | northern Angola and western DR Congo |
| - | Blue-shouldered robin-chat | Cossypha cyanocampter | African tropical rainforest |
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