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| White-breasted cuckooshrike | |
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| In Groenkloof Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Ceblepyris |
| Species: | C. pectoralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coracina pectoralis | |
The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The species forages at mid-canopy level and is typically found alone or in pairs. It is insectivorous, feeding primarily on insects and caterpillars.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Ceblepyris pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T22706538A94075734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706538A94075734.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
[edit]- White-breasted cuckooshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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