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[[Image:2007_05_27_Grey_Cuckooshrike_550.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Alan Manson<br />Location: Pietermaritzburg, [[South Africa]].]]
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[[Image:2007_05_27_Grey_Cuckooshrike_550.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Alan+Manson|Alan Manson}}<br />Pietermaritzburg, [[South Africa]], May 2007]]
 
;[[:Category:Coracina|Coracina]] caesia
 
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''Ceblepyris caesius''
  
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Length 25-27 cm, mass 655 g.  The plumage is blue-grey; whitish on the forehead and sides of the crown. Females are paler than males, and the lores are black (males) or grey (females).
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25-27 cm (9¾-10½ in), mass 655 g<br />
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The plumage is blue-grey; whitish on the forehead and sides of the crown.<br />
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Females are paler than males, and the [[Topography#Heads|lores]] are black (males) or grey (females).
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====Similar Species====
 
The [[White-breasted Cuckooshrike]] is similar, but larger, with a white (rather than grey) breast and belly.
 
The [[White-breasted Cuckooshrike]] is similar, but larger, with a white (rather than grey) breast and belly.
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:STH 7509.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''pura''<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|volker sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Mbwindi Forest, [[Uganda]], July 2018]]
 
Patchy from southern [[South Africa]]n coastal belt through southeastern and eastern [[Africa]] to [[Ethiopia]].
 
Patchy from southern [[South Africa]]n coastal belt through southeastern and eastern [[Africa]] to [[Ethiopia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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''Coracina caesia'' has 2 subspecies: The southern race ''C. c. caesia'' is larger than ''C. c. pura''.
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====Subspecies====
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There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
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*''C. c. pura'':
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:*[[Sudan]] and [[Ethiopia]] to [[Uganda]] and [[Malawi]]
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*''C. c. preussi'':
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:*Humid montane forests of south-eastern [[Nigeria]], [[Cameroon]] and [[Bioko]] Island
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*''C. c. caesia'': larger than ''pura''
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:*[[Zimbabwe]] and [[Mozambique]] to eastern [[South Africa]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Forest, plantations and adjacent woodlands and gardens.
 
Forest, plantations and adjacent woodlands and gardens.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Resident with some post-breeding movement.  Solitary, in pairs or (less often) in small groups. Usually seen moving quietly through the upper branches of forest trees where they glean insects from bark, twigs and leaves.
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====Diet====
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Solitary, in pairs or (less often) in small groups. Usually seen moving quietly through the upper branches of forest trees where they glean insects from bark, twigs and leaves.
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====Movements====
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Resident with some post-breeding movement.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. ''Robert's Birds of Southern Africa'', 7th edition. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 0620340533
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{{GSearch|"Coracina caesia" {{!}} "Ceblepyris caesius" {{!}} "Grey Cuckooshrike" -"dark-winged" -lesser -"dark-grey"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coracina]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coracina]]

Latest revision as of 16:03, 17 August 2023

Photo © by Alan Manson
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, May 2007
Coracina caesia

Ceblepyris caesius

Identification

25-27 cm (9¾-10½ in), mass 655 g
The plumage is blue-grey; whitish on the forehead and sides of the crown.
Females are paler than males, and the lores are black (males) or grey (females).

Similar Species

The White-breasted Cuckooshrike is similar, but larger, with a white (rather than grey) breast and belly.

Distribution

Subspecies pura
Photo © by sthamer volker sthamer
Mbwindi Forest, Uganda, July 2018

Patchy from southern South African coastal belt through southeastern and eastern Africa to Ethiopia.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are 3 subspecies[1]:

  • C. c. pura:
  • C. c. preussi:
  • C. c. caesia: larger than pura

Habitat

Forest, plantations and adjacent woodlands and gardens.

Behaviour

Diet

Solitary, in pairs or (less often) in small groups. Usually seen moving quietly through the upper branches of forest trees where they glean insects from bark, twigs and leaves.

Movements

Resident with some post-breeding movement.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533

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External Links

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