Grauer's cuckooshrike
Appearance
Grauer's cuckooshrike | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Campephagidae |
Genus: | Ceblepyris |
Species: | C. graueri
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Binomial name | |
Ceblepyris graueri Neumann, 1908
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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
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ceblepyris graueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 94.