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 LC    White-crowned Robin-Chat* Id (Atlas):
    Cossypha albicapillus

Description (10)
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Family
Muscicapidae (Old World Flycatchers And Chats)

Size
26 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1818)

Range (Guide)
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Côte dIvoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (14)...)

 
White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus) [XC371188]
     by Joost van Bruggen from Le Firdou, Kolda, Casamance, Senegal (call, song)

 
White-crowned Robin-Chat (Cossypha albicapillus) [XC513843]
     by Bram Piot from Sandicoly (palmeraie), Fatick, Senegal (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • albicapillus (Vieillot, 1818)   -  Senegal and Gambia east to north-eastern Guinea.
  • giffardi Hartert, 1899   -  Southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast east to northern Cameroon and southern Chad.
  • omoensis Sharpe, 1900   -  South-eastern Sudan and south-western Ethiopia.



References
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Files:
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