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Angola Cave Chat
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Angola Cave Chat

also known as Angola Cave-Chat
Xenocopsychus ansorgei
BirdNET IDBN13661
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations18
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

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. 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.

Translated Descriptions (4)

es wikipedia
La cosifa angoleña​ (Cossypha ansorgei) es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Muscicapidae endémica del sudoeste de África.​ Anteriormente se consideraba la única especie del género Xenocopsychus.
fr wikipedia
Le Cossyphe des grottes (Xenocopsychus ansorgei, anciennement Cossypha ansorgei) est une espèce de passereaux appartenant à la famille des Muscicapidae.
nl wikipedia
De holenlawaaimaker (Xenocopsychus ansorgei; synoniem: Cossypha ansorgei) is een zangvogel uit de familie Muscicapidae (vliegenvangers).
sv wikipedia
Angolasnårskvätta (Xenocopsychus ansorgei) är en fågel i familjen flugsnappare inom ordningen tättingar.

Common Names (35 locales)

af Angolajanfrederik
bg Анголска белогушка
ca còssifa d'Angola
cs drozdík angolský
cy Crec ogofeydd
da Angola Drosselsanger
de Höhlenrötel
en Angola Cave Chat
eo Angola kavenanto
es Cosifa Angoleña
es_EC Cosifa Angoleña
es_ES Cosifa angoleña
es_MX Cosifa Angoleña
et kaljuööbik
fa چک غاری آنگولایی
fi luolatasku
fr Cossyphe des grottes
hr slavuj stjenjak
hu tükröscsuk
ja セキレイツグミヒタキ
lt Urvinė kosifa
mni ꯑꯪꯒꯣꯂꯟ ꯀꯦꯚ ꯆꯦꯠ
nl Holenlawaaimaker
no grotteskvett
nv Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyahdę́ę́ʼ tsétah yaayááłigaii
pl złotokos srokaty
pt angola cave-chat
pt_PT Angola cave-chat
ru Чекановый пещерник
sk braliarik jaskynný
sr Crno-bela litičarka
sv angolasnårskvätta
tr Alaca Kaya Bülbülü
uk Тирч строкатий
zh Angola Cave Chat

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#13262
eBirdanccha1
Macaulay Libraryanccha1
observation.org#76246
GBIF2492515
BirdLife22709858