Wednesday, December 11, 2013

>Lobotos lobatus (Western Wattled Cuckooshrike)

Western Wattled Cuckooshrike



Western Wattled Cuckooshrike
Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lobotos
Species:L. lobatus
Binomial name
Lobotos lobatus
(Temminck, 1824)
Synonyms
Campephaga lobata
The Western Wattled Cuckooshrike or Ghana Cuckooshrike (Lobotos lobatus) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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