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Red-shouldered
Cuckoo-shrike Campephaga phoenicea
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Ghana
May 2011
The Red-shouldered Cuckoo-shrike is distributed south of the Sahara and north
of the Equator from Senegal to Eritrea. For a distribution map see Birdlife International. It is found in patches of forest, gallery forest, woodland and
thickets in savanna where it feeds on caterpillars and other insects in the upper and
mid-storeys.
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The male is glossy blue-black with a large red shoulder patch which can
sometimes be orange or yellow. The black bill has yellow or pinkish gape wattles which can be seen
in photo 1. The female, seen here in photos 3 to 5, is greyish olive-brown above with darker
scalloping. The wings are edged yellow and underparts are whitish with dark, crescent-shaped
bars.
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The song is a jumble of high-pitched, scratchy notes.
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