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Grauer's cuckooshrike

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Grauer's cuckooshrike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Ceblepyris
Species:
C. graueri
Binomial name
Ceblepyris graueri
Neumann, 1908
Synonyms

Coracina graueri

Grauer's cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris graueri) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The name commemorates the German zoologist Rudolf Grauer who collected natural history specimens in the Belgian Congo.[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ceblepyris graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 94.