Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Purple-throated Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga quiscalina) - HBW 10, p. 109
French: Échenilleur pourpré
German: Purpurraupenfresser
Spanish: Oruguero Purpúreo
Taxonomy: Campephaga quiscalina Finsch, 1869, Fanti, Ghana.
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- quiscalina Finsch, 1869 - Sierra Leone, S Guinea, N Liberia, S Mali, Ivory Coast, C Ghana, W Togo, C Nigeria, W & SW Cameroon and SW Central African Republic S to PRCongo and Angola.
- martini (Jackson, 1912) - S Sudan, NE & SE DRCongo, C Uganda, W Kenya and Zambia.
- munzneri Reichenow, 1915 - E Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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short clip of a perched bird Locality Mabira Forest, Uganda
Volkert van der Willigen 29 May 2004 3 years ago 8 sec 2.4
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Male
Locality Gibbs Farm, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp munzneri)
Martin Hale 27 July 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
A female in dense scrub.
Locality Gibbs Farm, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Serengeti, Tanzania (ssp munzneri)
M P Goodey 1 February 2007 1 year ago 3.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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