Grey Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris caesius) - BirdLife species factsheet

Grey Cuckooshrike Ceblepyris caesius

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Taxonomy

Taxonomic note

Ceblepyris caesius (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) was previously listed as Coracina caesia.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2018	Least Concern
2016	Least Concern
2012	Least Concern
2009	Least Concern
2008	Least Concern
2004	Least Concern
2000	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994	Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988	Lower Risk/Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	12,000,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals	unknown	not applicable	not applicable	0
Population trend	stable		suspected	-
Generation length (years)	4.6	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be common in the north of its range and uncommon in the south (Keith et al. 1992).

Trend justification:

The species is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident
Burundi	extant	native	yes
Cameroon	extant	native	yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	extant	native	yes
Equatorial Guinea	extant	native	yes
Eswatini	extant	native	yes
Ethiopia	extant	native	yes
Kenya	extant	native	yes
Malawi	extant	native	yes
Mozambique	extant	native	yes
Nigeria	extant	native	yes
Rwanda	extant	native	yes
South Africa	extant	native	yes
South Sudan	extant	native	yes
Sudan	extant	native	yes
Tanzania	extant	native	yes
Uganda	extant	native	yes
Zimbabwe	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Burundi	Kibira National Park
Burundi	Bururi Forest Nature Reserve
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Virunga National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Forests west of Lake Edward
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Kahuzi-Biega National Park
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Itombwe Mountains
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the	Mount Kabobo
Cameroon	Mount Oku
Cameroon	Mbi Crater Faunal Reserve - Mbingo forest
Cameroon	Mount Mbam
Cameroon	Bali-Ngemba Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mont Manengouba
Cameroon	Bakossi mountains
Cameroon	Mont Nlonako
Cameroon	Mount Rata and Rumpi Hills Forest Reserve
Cameroon	Mount Kupe
Cameroon	Mount Cameroon and Mokoko-Onge
Kenya	Aberdare Mountains
Kenya	Kikuyu Escarpment forest
Kenya	Mount Kenya
Kenya	Cherangani Hills
Kenya	Mau forest complex
Kenya	Mount Elgon (Kenya)
Mozambique	Chimanimani Mountains (Mozambique)
Mozambique	Gorongosa Mountain and National Park
Mozambique	Mount Chiperone
Nigeria	Obudu Plateau
Rwanda	Volcans National Park
Rwanda	Nyungwe National Park
South Sudan	Imatong mountains
South Sudan	Kidepo
Eswatini	Malolotja Nature Reserve
Tanzania	Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania	Lake Manyara
Tanzania	Mahali Mountain National Park
Tanzania	Udzungwa National Park
Tanzania	Ngorongoro Conservation Area
Tanzania	Livingstone Mountains forests
Tanzania	Nguru Mountains
Tanzania	Udzungwa Mountains
Tanzania	Uluguru Mountains
Tanzania	East Usambara Mountains
Tanzania	West Usambara Mountains
Uganda	Echuya Forest Reserve
Uganda	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
Uganda	Ruwenzori (Rwenzori) Mountains National Park
Uganda	Mount Elgon National Park
Uganda	Kidepo Valley National Park
South Africa	Soutpansberg
South Africa	Wolkberg Forest Belt
South Africa	Kaapsehoop
South Africa	Songimvelo Nature Reserve
South Africa	Grasslands
South Africa	Maloti Drakensberg Park
South Africa	Ngoye Forest Reserve
South Africa	Entumeni Nature Reserve
South Africa	Dlinza Forest Nature Reserve
South Africa	KwaZulu-Natal Mistbelt Forests
South Africa	Oribi Gorge Nature Reserve
South Africa	Umtamvuna Nature Reserve
South Africa	Mkhambathi Nature Reserve
South Africa	Dwesa-Cwebe Nature Reserve
South Africa	Woody Cape Section: Addo Elephant National Park
Zimbabwe	Nyanga lowlands/Honde valley
Zimbabwe	Bvumba Highlands
Zimbabwe	Chimanimani Mountains (Zimbabwe)
Zimbabwe	Haroni - Rusitu junction and Botanical Reserves
Zimbabwe	Chirinda Forest
South Africa	Blyde River Canyon
Mozambique	Mount Mabu
South Africa	Amatola - Katberg Mountain
South Africa	Karkloof

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Plantations	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Wetlands (inland)	Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Ceblepyris caesius. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/grey-cuckooshrike-ceblepyris-caesius on 01/10/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 01/10/2023.