Snowy-crowned robin-chat
Kwara state, Nigeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species:
C. niveicapilla
Binomial name
Cossypha niveicapilla
(Lafresnaye, 1838)

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.

References

  1. 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.


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