Cossypha
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Muscicapidae
Subfamilia: Cossyphinae
Genus: Cossypha
Species (8): C. albicapillus – C. cyanocampter – C. dichroa – C. heinrichi – C. heuglini – C. natalensis –
C. niveicapilla – C. semirufa
Species transferred to other genera:
- Dessonornis: C. anomala – C. archeri – C. caffra – C. humeralis
- Xenocopsychus: C. ansorgei
- Sheppardia: C. polioptera
- Cossyphicula: C. isabellae
Name
[edit]Cossypha Vigors, 1825
- Typus: Turdus vociferans Swainson, 1823 = Muscicapa dichroa Gmelin, 1789 = Cossypha dichroa by original designation.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Vigors, N.A. 1825. Sketches in ornithology; or, observations on the leading affinities of some of the more extensive groups of birds. On the arrangements of the genera of Birds. The Zoological Journal Vol.2: From January 1825 to April 1826: 391–405. p. 396 BHL Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]- Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2010. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 380-392. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- Zhao, M., Burleigh, J.G., Olsson, U., Alström, P. & Kimball, R.T. 2023. A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 178: 107646 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646
Reference page.