The white-breasted cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest and dry savanna. It is insectivorous.[2]
| White-breasted cuckooshrike | |
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| In Groenkloof Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Ceblepyris |
| Species: | C. pectoralis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceblepyris pectoralis | |
| Synonyms | |
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Coracina pectoralis | |
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Ceblepyris pectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706538A94075734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706538A94075734.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Stangl, D.W. (1979-07-01). Impact of surface coal mining and reclamation on the hydrogeology at Iowa Coal Project Demonstration Mine No. 1, Mahaska County, Iowa. [MS thesis] (Report). Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI). doi:10.2172/6041100.
External links
edit- White-breasted cuckooshrike - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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