Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Blue Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina azurea) - HBW 10, p. 83
French: Échenilleur bleu
German: Azurraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero Azulado
Other common names: African Blue Cuckoo-shrike
Taxonomy: Graucalus azureus Cassin, 1852, Sierra Leone.
Sometimes thought to form a superspecies with C. graueri. Monotypic.
Distribution: Sierra Leone E, discontinuously, to S Ivory Coast, S Ghana and Togo, S Nigeria and SW Cameroon, S to Gabon, SW PRCongo (Mayombe) and adjacent NW Angola (Cabinda); also SW Central African Republic and N & C DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Several shots of a bird in the canopy Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Juan Sanabria 1 November 2009 3 years ago 37 sec 2.7
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Adult Blue Cuckooshrike
Locality Bonkro, Ashanti Region, Ghana
Adam Riley 1 December 2011 1 year ago 3.6 -
Adult male perched
Locality Korup National Park, Southwest Province, Cameroon (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 25 March 2008 3 years ago 2
- No sound recordings available yet
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