Angola cave chat

Short description: Species of bird

Angolan cave chat

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Muscicapidae
Genus:  | Xenocopsychus
Hartert, EJO, 1907
Species:  |

X. ansorgei

Binomial name
Xenocopsychus ansorgei

Hartert, EJO, 1907

Synonyms

Cossypha ansorgei

Angola cave chat

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.[1][2][3] 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.[4]

## References

1. ↑ 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.
2. ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. "Chats, Old World flycatchers". World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/chats/.
3. ↑ "IOC World Bird List 12.1" (in en-US). doi:10.14344/ioc.ml.12.1. https://doi.org/10.14344/IOC.ML.12.1.
4. ↑ Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; no text was provided for refs named `IUCN`

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