Cossyphicula
Genus of birds
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Cossyphicula is a genus of passerine birds belonging to the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Muscicapidae |
| Genus: | Cossyphicula Grote, 1934 |
| Type species | |
| Callene roberti Alexander, 1903 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Cossyphicula was introduced in 1934 by the German ornithologist Hermann Grote to accommodate the white-bellied robin-chat which is therefore considered as the type species.[1][2] The name is a diminutive of the genus name Cossypha introduced for the robin-chats by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825.[3]
Species
The genus contains two species:[4]
- White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula roberti
- Mountain robin-chat, Cossyphicula isabellae (formerly placed in Cossypha)
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