Madagascar Cuckooshrike

Ceblepyris cinereus

Medium-sized, gray vanga-like bird with a black hood. The underparts are dark gray in most of the range and pale gray in the southwest. Found in all types of forest, and sometimes in scrub and plantations. Often joins mixed flocks with other mid-sized birds. Most common vocalizations are an accelerating high-pitched series and a mild, chatty series of “chew” and “tew” notes. Shows gray underparts, unlike any similar vanga. Smaller-billed than Pollen’s, Van Dam’s, and Lafresnaye’s Vangas. 

分类信息

学名
Ceblepyris cinereus
命名信息
(Müller, PLS, 1776)
Passeriformes
Campephagidae
Ceblepyris

分布与栖息地

迁徙
Resident species

保护状况

种群趋势
declining

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分布

鸟叫声

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