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 ''Cossypha'' are small insectivorous birds, with most species called robin-chats. They were formerly in the thrush family Turdidae, but are now more often treated as part of the Old World flycatcher Muscicapidae. These are African woodland dwel ...

'' between 2010 and 2022 based on the results of a 2010

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

study, this placement was found to be an error. It occurs locally from western Angola to marginally south of the

Kunene River The Cunene (Portuguese spelling) or Kunene (common Namibian spelling) is a river in Southern Africa. It flows from the Angola highlands south to the border with Namibia. It then flows west along the border until it reaches the Atlantic Ocean. It ...

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 concerned.

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Angolan cave chat Angolan cave chat Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Muscicapidae-stub