White-crowned robin-chat

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White-crowned robin-chat
At London Zoo, England

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

Muscicapidae
. It is found in . 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

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Cossypha albicapillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Collar, Nigel (2020-03-04), "White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus)", Birds of the World, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, retrieved 2024-04-22