Robin-chat

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Robin-Chats | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Passeriformes | familia = Muscicapidae | genus = Cossypha | genus_authority = Vigors, 1825 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. }} The robin-chats are small insectivorous birds in the genus Cossypha . They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are more often now treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae.

These are African woodland dwelling species, but some have become adapted to sites around human habitation.

Species are