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Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike Campephaga
phoenicea
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Ghana & Ethiopia
The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike 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 photos 1 and 6. 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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