Biology:Black cuckooshrike

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Short description: Species of bird

Black cuckooshrike
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Female
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Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Campephaga
Species:
C. flava
Binomial name
Campephaga flava
Vieillot, 1817
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Global range
  Year-Round Range
  Summer Range
  Winter Range

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

  1. 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. 
  2. 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

Wikidata ☰ Q1306580 entry