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Male
Photo by megan perkins
Kakamega, Kenya, December 2006

Campephaga petiti

[edit] Identification

Length 19-20 cm.

Adult male: Black with a large yellow gape.

Adult female: Greenish head, back yellow with blackish bars, wing coverts black with yellow edging. Below underparts with barring on the breast.

[edit] Similar Species

Black Cuckoo-shrike male has smaller yellow gape; female is less yellow.

[edit] Distribution

Western and Eastern Africa
South-eastern Nigeria and south-western Cameroon to north-western Angola; also north-eastern Zaire, western Uganda and western Kenya

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Woodland, mangroves, forest and forest edge.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

A soft whistle; seldom heard.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.

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