Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (<em>Cossypha cyanocampter</em>) is a species of Chats, Old World Flycatchers (<em>Muscicapidae</em>) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Overview
Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (Cossypha cyanocampter) is a species of Chats, Old World Flycatchers (Muscicapidae) in the order Perching Birds (Passerines).
Scientific Classification
Genus: Cossypha; binomial: Cossypha cyanocampter; authority: (Bonaparte, 1850).
Distribution
Breeding range: Africa.
Conservation Status
This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.
Remarks
Position in sequence undetermined in recent phylogenetic analysis due to differences among mitochondrial, nuclear and all loci concatenated trees (Zhao M et al. 2013). May be more closely related to Cichladusa/Xenocopsychus than to Cossypha s.s.
