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 LC    Purple-throated Cuckooshrike* Id (Atlas):
    Campephaga quiscalina

Description (10)
Image of Purple-throated Cuckooshrike
 

Other Names (World)
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike, Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
19 - 20 cm

First Described (Guide)
Finsch, 1869

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and decreasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

 
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) [XC338977]
     by Peter Boesman from Kasanka National Park, Northern Province, Zambia (call)

 
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) [XC420236]
     by Rolf A. de By from Twifo, Central, Ghana (call)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • quiscalina Finsch, 1869   -  Sierra Leone, southern Guinea, northern Liberia, southern Mali, Ivory Coast, central Ghana, western Togo, central Nigeria, western and south-western Cameroon and south-western Central African Republic south to PRCongo and Angola.
  • martini Jackson, 1912   -  Southern Sudan, north-eastern and south-eastern DRCongo, central Uganda, western Kenya and Zambia.
  • muenzneri Reichenow, 1915   -  Highlands of eastern Tanzania.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) - 10 files


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