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Campephaga
Red-shouldered-Cuckooshrike
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Campephaga phoenicea)
Scientific Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Campephagidae
Genus Campephaga

Campephaga is a genus of cuckooshrikes in the Campephagidae family.

The genus name is combination of two Greek words: kampe, meaning "caterpillar" and -phagos (from phagein) meaning "-eating".

Species[]

It contains the following species:

Black Cuckooshrike (Vieillot, 1817) (Campephaga flava)
Petit's Cuckooshrike (Oustalet, 1884) (Campephaga petiti)
Red-shouldered Cuckooshrike (Latham, 1790) (Campephaga phoenicea)
Purple-throated Cuckooshrike (Finsch, 1869) (Campephaga quiscalina)