Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
Cossypha cyanocampter(Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
English (US) Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
The Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat (Cossypha cyanocampter) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Cossypha cyanocampter
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cossypha cyanocampter cyanocampter
- Cossypha cyanocampter bartteloti
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- B[essonornis] cyanocampter
- Described by
- (Bonaparte, CLJL, 1850)
- Type locality
- 'Patria ignota [= Dabokrom, Gold Coast, apud Hartlaub, 1857, Syst. Orn. Westaf r., p. 76] .
- Original description
- Conspectus generum avium 1 p.301
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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White-chested Alethe
Chamaetylas fuelleborni
Rüppell's Robin-Chat
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White-browed Robin-Chat
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Red-capped Robin-Chat
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Chorister Robin-Chat
Cossypha dichroa
White-headed Robin-Chat
Cossypha heinrichi
Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
Cossypha niveicapilla
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