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Petit's Cuckooshrike

Campephaga petiti Oustalet, 1884

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Open encyclopedia reference

Petit's cuckooshrike (Campephaga petiti) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.

It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

Wikipedia contributors, Petit's cuckooshrike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:44:24.941362+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Campephaga petiti Oustalet, 1884
Name authority
Oustalet, 1884
Common name
Petit's Cuckooshrike
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Passeriformes
Family
Campephagidae
Genus
Campephaga
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classAves
  9. orderPasseriformes
  10. familyCampephagidae Vigors, 1825
  11. genusCampephaga Vieillot, 1816
  12. speciesCampephaga petiti Oustalet, 1884

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Campephaga. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Red-shouldered CuckooshrikeCampephaga phoenicea (Latham, 1790)CampephagidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 61 records assigned to Campephagidae.

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559015 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:QCH7. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.