Monday, November 11, 2013

>Coracina pectoralis (White-breasted Cuckooshrike)

White-breasted Cuckooshrike


White-breasted Cuckooshrike
In Groenkloof Nature Reserve
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Coracina
Species:C. pectoralis
Binomial name
Coracina pectoralis
(Jardine & Selby, 1828)
The White-breasted Cuckooshrike (Coracina pectoralis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin,Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia,Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau,
 Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria,
 Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna.

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