Cossyphicula
Appearance
Cossyphicula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cossyphicula Grote, 1934 |
Type species | |
Callene roberti Alexander, 1903
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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.
Taxonomy
[edit]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
[edit]The genus contains two species:[4]
- White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula roberti
- Mountain robin-chat, Cossyphicula isabellae (formerly placed in Cossypha)
References
[edit]- ^ Grote, Hermann (1934). "Ueber einige Cossypha-Arten". Anzeiger der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern (in German). 2 (8): 310–311 [311].
- ^ Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, eds. (1964). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 10. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 50.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 120. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 July 2023.