Mountain robin-chat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Muscicapidae |
Genus: | Cossyphicula |
Species: | C. isabellae
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Binomial name | |
Cossyphicula isabellae (GR Gray, 1862)
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The mountain robin-chat (Cossyphicula isabellae) is a species of bird in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae.
It is found in the Cameroonian Highlands forests. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2023 found that the mountain robin-chat was sister to the white-bellied robin-chat.[2] Based on this result the mountain robin-chat was moved from the genus Cossypha to the genus Cossyphicula.[3]