Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat

Cossypha niveicapilla - Cossyphe à calotte neigeuse

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Muscicapidés
Genus
:
Cossypha
Species
:
niveicapilla

Descriptor

Lafresnaye, 1838

Biometrics

Size
: 22 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 34 à 45 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha niveicapilla) is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Cossypha niveicapilla niveicapilla (Southern Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Nigeria, Sudan and w Ethiopia.)
Cossypha niveicapilla melanonota (s Cameroun to w Kenya, Tanzania and ne Angola)

Foreign names

Cossyphe à calotte neigeuse,
Cosifa coroninívea,
cossifa-de-coroa-nevada,
Schneescheitelrötel,
fehérkontyos rozsdásrigó,
Witkruinlawaaimaker,
Cossifa caponiveo,
rostnackad snårskvätta,
Snøkronetrosteskvett,
drozdík čiapočkatý,
drozdík bělotemenný,
Hvidisset Drosselsanger,
tiheikköpunatasku,
cossifa de coroneta nevada,
złotokos siwogłowy,
Седоголовая чекановая горихвостка,
シロズキンツグミヒタキ,
白冠歌䳭,
白冠歌鵖,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest