Biology:Black cuckooshrike
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Short description: Species of bird
Black cuckooshrike | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Campephaga |
Species: | C. flava
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Binomial name | |
Campephaga flava Vieillot, 1817
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The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. The species is closely related to Petit's cuckooshrike and the red-shouldered cuckooshrike, and forms a superspecies with them. It is also known as the African black cuckooshrike.[2]
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa , South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2017). "Campephaga flava". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T22706695A118705486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706695A118705486.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22706695/118705486. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ Taylor, B. (2017). Black Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga flava). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/57897 on 10 March 2017).
External links
- Black Cuckooshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
Wikidata ☰ Q1306580 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black cuckooshrike.
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