Red-shouldered cuckooshrike

Red-shouldered cuckooshrike
A male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Campephaga
Species: C. phoenicea
Binomial name
Campephaga phoenicea
(Latham, 1790)
Female

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

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 forests and dry savannas.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Campephaga phoenicea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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