Yellow-billed Shrike - BirdForum Opus

Corvinella corvina

Photo by Scottishdude
The Gambia, March 2010

Identification

18cm

• Mottled brown upperparts
• Streaked buff underparts
• Brown eye mask
• Rufous wing patch
• Yellow bill
  

Adults alike
Immatures have buff fringes to the wing feathers

Distribution

Africa:
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Democratic Republic of Congo
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Kenya, Uganda

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

Four subspecies are recognized in this species:

• C. c. corvina:

• Southern Mauritania and Senegal to Mali and north-western Nigeria

• C. c. togoensis:

• Guinea and Sierra Leone to southern Chad and Sudan (Darfur)

• C. c. caliginosa:

• Sudan (Bahr al Ghazal)

• C. c. affinis:

• Southern Sudan to extreme north-eastern DRC, northern Uganda and western Kenya

Habitat

Savannah woodland & dry scrub, also well-watered gardens.

Behaviour

They move around in family groups.

Breeding

It builds a cup shaped nest; the clutch consisting of 4-5 eggs. Subadult & young adult birds assist in the rearing of nestlings.

Diet

The diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Avibase
3. BF Member observations
4. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Yellow-billed Shrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 2 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Yellow-billed_Shrike

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