Red-capped Robin-Chat (Cossypha natalensis)
About the Red-capped Robin-Chat
The red-capped robin-chat or Natal robin (Cossypha natalensis) is a species of passerine bird belonging to the family Muscicapidae. This species is found in central and eastern Sub-Saharan Africa. The red-capped robin-chat was first formally described in 1840 by the Scottish zoologist and physician Andrew Smith with its type locality given as near Port Natal in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This species is a member of the genus Cossypha which is classified within the subfamily Erithacinae of the large passerine family Muscicapidae, the chats and Old World flycatchers. However, it has been argued that the name of this clade should be Cossyphinae, as this was proposed by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825 and so predates Gray's 1846 Erithacinae. The red-capped robin-chat is a polytypic species with 3 subspecies:
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- Chorister Robin-ChatCossypha dichroaprofile
- Grey-winged Robin-ChatCossypha poliopterarecording
Species grouped by shared genus, family and range.