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Black cuckooshrike
(Campephaga flava)[]
Species ID: 2-37-217-659-23601
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Campephaga
Conservation status: LC - Least Concern (2016)
Population trend: Stable
Links: ADW / IUCN Red List / Wikipedia

Other Names[]

  • African black cuckooshrike
  • Black cuckoo-shrike

Physical Description[]

Colors: Males: Black, Yellow (markings)

Females: Grey, Pale brown, Black & yellow (markings)

Reproduction[]

Mating system: Monogamous
Mode of reproduction: Oviparous

Behavior & Ecology[]

Activity: Diurnal
Sociality: Subsocial
Avg. group size: 2 individuals
Group ratio: 1 : 1
Movement: Migratory
Systems: Arboreal, Aerial, Terrestrial
Diet: Insects, Larvae

Habitats[]

Major[]

  • 1.6 Tropical/subtropical moist lowland forests
  • 2.1 Dry savannas

Suitable[]

  • 3.5 Tropical/subtropical dry shrublands
  • 3.6 Tropical/subtropical moist shrublands
  • 14.3 Plantations
  • 14.4 Rural gardens

Distribution[]

Campephaga flava

Ecoregion range

Ecozones[]

Terrestrial Ecoregions[]

  • AT0101 Albertine Rift montane forests
  • AT0108 East African montane forests
  • AT0109 Eastern Arc forests
  • AT0112 Ethiopian montane forests
  • AT0115 Knysna-Amatole montane forests
  • AT0116 KwaZulu-Cape coastal forest mosaic
  • AT0119 Maputaland coastal forest mosaic
  • AT0125 Northern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
  • AT0128 Southern Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forest mosaic
  • AT0203 Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests
  • AT0701 Angolan Miombo woodlands
  • AT0702 Angolan Mopane woodlands
  • AT0704 Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands
  • AT0706 Eastern Miombo woodlands
  • AT0708 Itigi-Sumbu thicket
  • AT0709 Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands
  • AT0711 Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0712 Northern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0714 Serengeti volcanic grasslands
  • AT0715 Somali Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0716 Southern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets
  • AT0717 Southern Africa bushveld
  • AT0718 Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0719 Southern Miombo woodlands
  • AT0721 Victoria Basin forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0723 Western Congolian forest-savanna mosaic
  • AT0724 Western Zambezian grasslands
  • AT0725 Zambezian and Mopane woodlands
  • AT0726 Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands
  • AT0901 East African halophytics
  • AT0906 Zambezian coastal flooded savanna
  • AT0907 Zambezian flooded grasslands
  • AT1001 Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1004 Drakensberg montane grasslands, woodlands and forests
  • AT1005 East African montane moorlands
  • AT1006 Eastern Zimbabwe montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1007 Ethiopian montane grasslands and woodlands
  • AT1012 Maputaland-Pondoland bushland and thickets
  • AT1014 South Malawi montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1015 Southern Rift montane forest-grassland mosaic
  • AT1201 Albany thickets
  • AT1202 Lowland fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1203 Montane fynbos and renosterveld
  • AT1402 East African mangroves
  • AT1405 Southern Africa mangroves
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