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White-breasted Cuckooshrike - BirdForum Opus

Photo by safariranger
Photo taken: Mutinondo Wilderness, Zambia.
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

This is a monotypic species.[1]

Habitat

Tall woodland; mainly miombo and riverine forest.

Behaviour

Vocalization

Male duid-duid; female tchee-ee-ee-ee.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

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