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Purple-throated cuckooshrike

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Purple-throated cuckooshrike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Campephaga
Species:
C. quiscalina
Binomial name
Campephaga quiscalina
Finsch, 1869

The purple-throated cuckooshrike (Campephaga quiscalina) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2017). "Campephaga quiscalina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22706705A118705881. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706705A118705881.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.