Cuckooshrikes

White-breasted Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris pectoralis

The White-breasted Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris pectoralis) is a 54 g woodland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cuckooshrikes

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

54 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

26

Recorded in Zambia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, South Africa, Ghana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Namibia, Angola, Benin, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda, Botswana, Ethiopia, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Central African Rep., Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Guinea, S. Sudan, Togo.

Where to see it: Dzalanyama Forest Reserve (Malawi); Biguina 1 - Eastern farmlands (Benin); Rafai, Mbomou, Central African Republic (Central African Republic); Frontier Mine (Democratic Republic of the Congo); Biguina 1 - Western farmlands (Benin).

Photo: (c) Manuel Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist