Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike (Campephaga phoenicea) - HBW 10, p. 109
French: Échenilleur à épaulettes rouges
German: Rotschulter-Raupenfresser
Spanish: Oruguero Hombrorrojo
Taxonomy: Ampelis phoenicea Latham, 1790, Gambia.
Forms a superspecies with C. petiti and C. flava. Where breeding range overlaps with that of latter (in SW Ethiopia and W Kenya), no intermediate males known; extralimitally (in C & E Kenya), some females have extent of yellow in tail intermediate between that shown by present species and that of typical C. flava, suggesting possible incomplete genetic isolation. Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme S Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia E to S Chad, S Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, S to Sierra Leone, N Ivory Coast, SE Ghana, SE Cameroon, N PRCongo, N DRCongo, Uganda and extreme W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male bird Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 4 January 2012 15 weeks ago 51 sec 3.7 -
A male in a tree, foraging Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 5 years ago 13 sec 3.2 -
A male in a tree. Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 December 2005 6 years ago 43 sec 2.4
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A lateral view of a female.
Locality Mole National Park, Northern Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Ken Havard 1 December 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
Male Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike in the canopy
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Steve Garvie 14 March 2005 2 years ago 2.3 -
A male on a branch.
Locality Wondo Genet, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 2 December 2005 2 years ago 1.3
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