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Cuckoo-shrike

Cuckoo-shrikes
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus
Coracina
Campochaera
Lalage
Campephaga
Pericrocotus
Hemipus

The cuckoo-shrikes are small to medium-sized passerine bird species found in the subtropical and tropical Africa, Asia and Australasia.

They are mainly greyish and resemble cuckoos or shrikes, although they are not closely related to either. The minivets are, however brightly coloured in red, yellow and blacks

These are mainly insectivorous forest birds. About four blotchy white, green or blue eggs are laid in a cup nest in a tree. Incubation is about two weeks.