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Cossypha heuglini · Family Muscicapidae
Cossypha heuglini
Family Muscicapidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Muscicapidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 108,854
- Countries and territories with records
- 26
About this species
This species has 108,854 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (26.5%), Kenya (17.9%), Zimbabwe (11.2%), Uganda (9.3%) and Zambia (7.8%); together they account for 72.8% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.072% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Cossypha heuglini combines the genus name Cossypha with the species epithet heuglini. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Cossypha; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Cossypha natalensis, Cossypha dichroa and Cossypha semirufa.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 316 species of the family Muscicapidae. This species ranks 34th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Erithacus rubecula. Its record count is close to the family average (117,032). The family Muscicapidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.