Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat

Cossypha cyanocampter (Bonaparte, 1850)

Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers

Blue-shouldered Robin-Chat, Cossypha cyanocampter, is a bird of western and central Africa, where it is found across the tropical rainforest belt. It belongs to the Muscicapidae family and was described by Bonaparte in 1850. Its range includes both moist lowland forest and moist montane forest in the subtropics and tropics. The species is part of the passerine order and is associated with forested habitats within its African breeding range.

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Muscicapidae — Chats, Old World Flycatchers
Breeding range: Africa: w, c