Showing posts with label Genus Campephaga. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genus Campephaga. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

>Campephaga quiscalina (Purple-throated Cuckooshrike)

Purple-throated Cuckooshrike







Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Campephaga
Species:C. quiscalina
Binomial name
Campephaga quiscalina
Finsch, 1869
The Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Angola,Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea,Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.








Saturday, December 7, 2013

>Campephaga phoenicea (Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike)

Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike



Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
A male
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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.






>Campephaga petiti (Petit's Cuckooshrike)

Petit's Cuckooshrike






Petit's Cuckooshrike
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Campephaga
Species:C. petiti
Binomial name
Campephaga petiti
Oustalet, 1884
The Petit's Cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon,Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.













Tuesday, December 3, 2013

>Campephaga flava (Black Cuckooshrike)

Black Cuckooshrike


Black Cuckooshrike
Female in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, coastal Kenya
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Campephaga
Species:C. flava
Binomial name
Campephaga flava
Vieillot, 1817
The Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana,Burundi,
 Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,
 Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

>>Genus Campephaga

Campephaga






Campephaga
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Campephaga
Vieillot, 1816
Campephaga is a genus of bird in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. It contains the following species:
  • Black Cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava)
  • Petit's Cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti)
  • Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
  • Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina)