Cossyphicula
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| taxon = Cossyphicula
| authority = Grote, 1934
| type_species = Callene roberti
| type_species_authority = 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
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.{{ cite journal | last=Grote | first=Hermann | author-link=Hermann Grote | date=1934 | title=Ueber einige Cossypha-Arten | language=German | journal=Anzeiger der Ornithologischen Gesellschaft in Bayern | volume=2 | issue=8 | pages=310–311 [311] }}{{ cite book | editor1-last=Mayr | editor1-first=Ernst | editor1-link=Ernst Mayr | editor2-last=Paynter | editor2-first=Raymond A. Jr | year=1964 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=10 | publisher=Museum of Comparative Zoology | location=Cambridge, Massachusetts | page=50 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14486239 }} The name is a diminutive of the genus name Cossypha introduced for the robin-chats by Nicholas Aylward Vigors in 1825.{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=120 | url=https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n120/mode/1up }}
Species
- White-bellied robin-chat, Cossyphicula roberti
- Mountain robin-chat, Cossyphicula isabellae (formerly placed in Cossypha)
References
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Category:Afromontane endemic bird species
Category:Birds of the African tropical rainforest
Category:Taxa described in 1934
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