Xenocopsychus_ansorgei

Angola cave chat

Angola cave chat

Species of bird

The Angola cave chat (Xenocopsychus ansorgei) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is the sole member of the monotypic genus Xenocopsychus; although it was placed in Cossypha between 2010 and 2022 based on the results of a 2010 molecular phylogenetic study, this placement was found to be an error.[2][3][4] 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 concern.[1]

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Angola cave chat

References

  1. [1]
    BirdLife International (2018). "Xenocopsychus ansorgei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22709858A132083280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22709858A132083280.en. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. [2]
    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. PMID 20656044.
  3. [3]
    Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. [4]
    "IOC World Bird List 12.1". IOC World Bird List Datasets. doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. S2CID 246050277. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
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