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 EN    Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike* Id (Atlas):
    Chlorophoneus kupeensis

Description (10)
Image of Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike
 

Other Scientific Names
Malaconotus kupeensis [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)], Chlorophoneus kupeensis

Other Names (World)
Mount Kupe Bush-shrike, Kupe, Mountain Bush-shrike, Serle's Bush-shrike, Mount Kupe Bushshrike

Family
Malaconotidae (Bush-shrikes)

Size
20 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Serle, 1951)

Habitat
Primary forest, and only in areas where the understorey is relatively open. From 950 - 1,450 m.

Range (Guide)
Cameroon (B).

Extreme south-eastern Nigeria (north-eastern Cross River National Park) and uplands of south-western Cameroon.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status EN
Forest habitat destruction and degradation through clearing for farmland, is the main threat.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Usually singly or in pairs.

Food
Insects.

Voice
Song is a loud, babbler-like chatter 'thec-thec, kh-kh-kh' ending in a series of 'tchrraa-tchrraa-tchrraa'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files

 
Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis) [XC169994]
     by Duncan Wilson from Mount Kupe, Max's Trail, Nyasoso, Cameroon (song)

 
Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis) [XC169995]
     by id from Mount Kupe, Max's Trail, Nyasoso, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Genus sometimes subsumed in Malaconotus or in Chlorophoneus. Affinities of this species obscure.

Similar Species
Bocage's Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus bocagei) which has white, not grey, underparts.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis) - 10 files


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