Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat Cossypha niveicapilla Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Subspecies (2)
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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 14, 2013
Text last updated January 14, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Белокоронеста червеногръдка |
| Catalan | còssifa de coroneta nevada |
| Croatian | bjelokapi slavuj |
| Dutch | Witkruinlawaaimaker |
| English | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
| English (AVI) | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
| English (Kenya) | Snowy-headed Robin Chat |
| English (United States) | Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat |
| Estonian | tihniku-ruugeööbik |
| Finnish | tiheikköpunatasku |
| French | Cossyphe à calotte neigeuse |
| French (Canada) | Cossyphe à calotte neigeuse |
| German | Schneescheitelrötel |
| Japanese | シロズキンツグミヒタキ |
| Norwegian | snøkronetrosteskvett |
| Polish | złotokos siwogłowy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cossifa-de-coroa-branca |
| Russian | Седоголовый рыжехвост |
| Serbian | Belokapi crvendać |
| Slovak | drozdík čiapočkatý |
| Spanish | Cosifa Coroninívea |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cosifa coroninívea |
| Swedish | rostnackad snårskvätta |
| Turkish | Ak Başlıklı Kızılca Bülbül |
| Ukrainian | Золотокіс сіроголовий |
Cossypha niveicapilla (de Lafresnaye, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Turdus niveicapilla
de Lafresnaye, 1838. Essai d'une nouvelle manière de grouper les genres et les espèces de l'Ordre des Passereaux, p.16.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal,
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- COSSYPHA
- niveicapilla
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
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Introduction
Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Cossypha niveicapilla niveicapilla Scientific name definitions
Distribution
southern Mauritania and Senegal east to to southern South Sudan and western Ethiopia, south to southwestern and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northwestern and northeastern Angola, and northwestern Tanzania
Cossypha niveicapilla niveicapilla (de Lafresnaye, 1838)
PROTONYM:
Turdus niveicapilla
de Lafresnaye, 1838. Essai d'une nouvelle manière de grouper les genres et les espèces de l'Ordre des Passereaux, p.16.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal,
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- COSSYPHA
- niveicapilla
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Cossypha niveicapilla melanonota Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Lake Victoria basin
Cossypha niveicapilla melanonota (Cabanis, 1875)
PROTONYM:
Bessornis melanonota
Cabanis, 1875. Journal für Ornithologie 23. Jahrgang, Vierte Folge, 3. Band, II. Heft, No. 130, p.235.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chinchoncho on the Loango Coast [= Chinchoxo, Portuguese Congo].
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- COSSYPHA
- niveicapilla
- melanonota / melanonotum / melanonotus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat
