Kingdom Animalia Genus Cossypha Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Family Muscicapidae Scientific name Xenocopsychus ansorgei Higher classification Xenocopsychus Order Passerine | |
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Similar Gabela akalat, White‑headed robin‑chat, Congo moor chat, Mountain robin‑chat, Forest scrub robin | ||
The Angolan cave chat (Cossypha ansorgei) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It used to be the sole member of the monotypic genus Xenocopsychus but was moved to Cossypha based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. It occurs locally from western Angola to marginally south of the Kunene River in northern Namibia. Its natural habitat is rocky places in moist to dry savanna. It was previously described as being Near threatened, but has since been downgraded to Least concerned.
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