Grey-winged robin-chat

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Grey-winged robin-chat
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3. C. polioptera
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae
Genus: Cossypha
Species:
C. polioptera
Binomial name
Cossypha polioptera
Reichenow, 1892
Synonyms
  • Sheppardia polioptera

The grey-winged robin-chat or grey-winged akalat (Cossypha polioptera) is a bird in the family Muscicapidae.[2] The species was first described by Anton Reichenow in 1892.

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Cossypha polioptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ Collar, N. (2019). "Grey-winged Akalat (Sheppardia polioptera)". In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D. A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. Retrieved 26 November 2019.

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