Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

The Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

and Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike were seen in the same area. A couple of African Hill Babblers was first heard and taped in at another ridge (2), and three confiding Half-collared Kingfishers were seen for as long as we wanted at a quarry (3) which you can reach going all the way up (and crossing the river) from the Wabe Shabele hotel/lodge. Yellow-fronted Parrot and White-cheeked Turaco where common in the big trees near the river, with Abyssinian Slaty Flycatcher lower in the same trees. More

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Campephagidae
Genus : Campephaga
Species : phoenicea
Authority : (Latham, 1790)