Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Grey Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina caesia) - HBW 10, p. 83
French: Échenilleur gris
German: Waldraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero Gris
Other common names: African Greybird
Taxonomy: Ceblepyris caesia M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Sometimes considered to form a superspecies with C. pectoralis, from which usually separated by altitude; the two are perhaps better treated as forming a species group, because plumages notably different. Proposed race preussi (E Nigeria and Bioko I), with slightly darker throat than pura, seems better merged with latter. Two subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- pura (Sharpe, 1891) - SE Nigeria (Obudu Plateau), W Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea (Bioko I and Mt Alen); also Ethiopia, SE Sudan, Uganda and NE DRCongo S to Malawi and adjacent NW Mozambique.
- caesia (M. H. K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - Zimbabwe and Mozambique S to South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pura)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 40 sec 3.8 -
A bird moving on branches Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp pura)
Josep del Hoyo 10 September 2006 4 years ago 14 sec 3.4 -
A bird moving in trees. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pura)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 3.3 -
high in a tree Locality Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp pura)
Daniêl Jimenez 18 September 2010 1 year ago 8 sec 2.8
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Single bird foraging through trees
Locality Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp pura)
Tom Tarrant 5 January 2006 2 years ago 3 -
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Male on branch.
Locality Hazyview, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Jack Basson 6 June 2011 51 weeks ago 2.6 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pura)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 2 years ago 2.5 -
A back view of a bird.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (ssp pura)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 2 years ago 2
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A pair seen on forest edge on Samango Trail. Locality Mount Sheba Nature Reserve, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
(ssp caesia)
Charles Hesse 30 December 2009 2 years ago 2
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