Mountain Robin-Chat

Overview

Mountain Robin-Chat (Cossyphicula isabellae) is a species of Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).

Scientific Classification

Genus: Cossyphicula; binomial: Cossyphicula isabellae; authority: (Gray, GR, 1862).

Distribution

Breeding range: Africa.

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Change English name of C. isabellae to Mountain Robin-Chat to follow Birds of Africa. Reassign Mountain Robin-Chat from Cossypha to Cossyphicula based on phylogenetic analysis which shows it sister to Cossyphicula roberti (Zhao M et al. 2023). See also Beresford (2003).