Dessonornis caffer

Dessonornis caffer caffer, Kirstenbosch, South Africa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muscicapoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Archelosauria Cladus: Archosauromorpha Cladus: Crocopoda Cladus: Archosauriformes Cladus: Eucrocopoda Cladus: Archosauria Cladus: Avemetatarsalia Cladus: Ornithodira Cladus: Dinosauromorpha Cladus: Dinosauriformes Cladus: Dracohors Cladus: Dinosauria Cladus: Saurischia Cladus: Theropoda Cladus: Neotheropoda Cladus: Averostra Cladus: Tetanurae Cladus: Avetheropoda Cladus: Coelurosauria Cladus: Tyrannoraptora Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha Cladus: Maniraptoriformes Cladus: Maniraptora Cladus: Pennaraptora Cladus: Paraves Cladus: Eumaniraptora Cladus: Avialae Subclassis: Aves Cladus: Avebrevicauda Cladus: Pygostylia Cladus: Ornithothoraces Cladus: Ornithuromorpha Cladus: Carinatae Cladus: Neornithes Infraclassis: Neognathae Cladus: Neoaves Cladus: Telluraves Cladus: Australaves Ordo: Passeriformes Subordo: Passeri Infraordo: Passerides Parvordo: Muscicapida Superfamilia: Muscicapoidea

Familia: Muscicapidae
Subfamilia: Cossyphinae
Genus: Dessonornis
Species: Dessonornis caffer
Subspecies: D. c. caffer – D. c. iolaemus – D. c. kivuensis – D. c. namaquensis

Name

D|essonornis caffer (Linnaeus, 1771)

• Type locality: Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Synonymy

• Motacilla caffra (protonym)
• Cossypha caffra (Linnaeus, 1771)
• Bessonornis pectoralis A. Smith, 1837
  • Cossypha pectoralis A. Smith, 1837

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1771. Mantissa Plantarum Altera. Generum Editionis VI et Specierum Editionis II. Holmiae [Stockholm]. pp. [6] + 143­–587, Appendix. BHL Reference page.  p. 527

Additional references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• Afrikaans: Janfrederik
• Deutsch: Kaprötel
• English: Cape robin-chat
• Esperanto: Kablanda kosifo
• español: Cosifa cafre
• français: Cossyphe du Cap
• Nederlands: Kaapse Lawaaimaker
• português: pisco-do-cabo
• svenska: Kapsnårtrast

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