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- Coracina pectoralis
Identification
Length 25-27 cm. A large grey and white cuckoo-shrike. Dark eye and bill and grey legs.
Adult male: Upperparts, head and throat grey; breast, belly and lower tail coverts white.
Adult female: Similar to the male, but with whitish throat and chin.
Juvenile: Barred above and spotted below.
Distribution
Africa: A band from Senegambia to Ethiopia; Ethiopia to Mozambique and north-eastern South Africa; Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia to Angola and extreme northern Namibia.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Tall woodland; mainly miombo and riverine forest.
Behaviour
Vocalization
Male duid-duid; female tchee-ee-ee-ee.


