Red-shouldered cuckooshrike

The red-shouldered cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.

Red-shouldered cuckooshrike
A male

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Campephaga
Species:
C. phoenicea
Binomial name
Campephaga phoenicea
(Latham, 1790)
Female

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and dry savanna.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Campephaga phoenicea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)


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