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The White-crowned Robin-chats (Cossypha albicapilla) - also known as White-crowned Robins - occur naturally in the following African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan and Togo.
They inhabit dry savanna and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
Subspecies and Ranges
- Cossypha albicapilla albicapilla / albicapillus (Vieillot, 1818) - Nominate Race
- Range: Senegal and Gambia east to northeastern Guinea.
- Cossypha albicapilla giffardi (Hartert, 1899)
- Range:Southern Republic of Mali, northern Ivory Coast east to northern Cameroon and southern Chad.
- Cossypha albicapilla omoensis (Sharpe, 1900)
- Range:Southeastern Sudan and southwestern Ethiopia.
Alternate (Global) Names:
Chinese: ????, ??? ... Czech: Drozdík belocapkový, drozdík b?lo?apkový ... Danish: Savannedrosselsanger ... Dutch: Schubkaplawaaimaker, Schubkap-lawaaimaker ... Finnish: Isopunarastas, isopunatasku ...French: Cossyphe à calotte blanche, Cossyphe à tête blanche, Cossyphe à tête écaillée, Grand Cossyphe à tête blanche, Grande Cossyphe à couronne blanche ... German: Schuppenkopfrötel, Weißscheitelrötel ... Italian: Cossifa capobianco, Tordo pettirosso corona bianca ... Japanese: ootsugumihitaki ... Norwegian: Hvitkronetrosteskvett ... Polish: zlotokos duzy, z?otokos du?y ... Russian: ???????????? ????????? ??????????? ... Slovak: akalat velký, akalat ve?ký ... Spanish: Cosifa Coroniblanca ... Swedish: Vitkronad snårtrast
Species Research by Sibylle Johnson
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