Blue cuckooshrike

The blue cuckooshrike (Cyanograucalus azureus) is a species of bird in the genetic family Campephagidae. This is the Cuckooshirke family.
The blue cuckooshrike is found in a lot of places across the African tropical rainforest.  These places range from Sierra Leone and Liberia to eastern and south-western Democratic Republic of Congo.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests. Its habitats are also subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The blue cuckooshrike species used to be placed in the genus Coracina. A phylogenetic based in things like RNA and DNA was conducted. It found the genus Coracina was non-monophyletic. In making monophyletic genera, the blue cuckooshrike was regrouped. The blue cuckooshrike is the only species placed in the remade genus Cyanograucalus.

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Category:IUCN Red List least concern species
Category:Passeri
Category:Birds of Africa