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Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

Campephaga phoenicea(Latham, J, 1790)

English (US) Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: Senegambia to southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea, southward to northern Congo, northern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western KenyaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Campephaga phoenicea
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike
Described by
(Latham, J, 1790)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Ampelis phoenicea
Described by
(Latham, J, 1790)
Type locality
Africa = Gambia.
Original description
Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.367

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 107 species of the family Campephagidae