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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
16/05/2024 05:37:55 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
EN
Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike*
Id (Atlas):
Chlorophoneus kupeensis
Description (10 )
Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike
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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.
Cameroon (B).
Extreme south-eastern Nigeria (north-eastern Cross River National Park) and uplands of south-western Cameroon.
 
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
Listen to XC169995
Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis ) [XC169995 ]
by id from Mount Kupe, Max's Trail, Nyasoso, Cameroon (song)
Listen to XC169994
Mount Kupe Bushshrike (Chlorophoneus kupeensis ) [XC169994 ]
by Duncan Wilson 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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Mount Kupe Bush-Shrike see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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