Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Petit's Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga petiti) - HBW 10, p. 108

French: Échenilleur de Petit German: Kongoraupenfresser Spanish: Oruguero de Petit

Taxonomy: Campephaga petiti Oustalet, 1884, Cacongo (Landana), Cabinda, Angola.
Forms a superspecies with C. flava and C. phoenicea. Possible hybridization with first of those in NW Angola and E DRCongo (L Kivu) suggested by observations of females or young males having barred underparts with strong yellow wash. Monotypic.

Distribution: SE Nigeria and SW Cameroon S to NW Angola; also NE DRCongo, adjacent SW Uganda and W Kenya.