Thursday, 2 June 2022

24-4-2022 NGALA LODGE, GAMBIA - WHITE CROWNED ROBIN CHAT (Cossypha albicapillus)


The white-crowned robin-chat (Cossypha albicapilla ) is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae.It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Togo.Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Robin-Chats are one of the few birds who eats of of a mainly insectivorous diet.  Robin chats were once classified in the thrush family but are now considered members of Family Muscicapidae, the Old World flycatchers.

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