Blue Cuckoo-shrike

Blue Cuckoo-shrike

Taxobox
name = Blue Cuckoo-shrike


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Campephagidae
genus = "Coracina"
species = "C. azurea"
binomial = "Coracina azurea"
binomial_authority = (Cassin, 1852)
synonyms =
The Blue Cuckoo-shrike ("Coracina azurea") is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Angola, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/51279/all Coracina azurea] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 25 July 2007.


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