Petit's Cuckooshrike

Petit's CuckooshrikeThis cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.What does it look like?Adult males are black with a large yellow gape. Females have a greenish head and yellow back with blackish bars, black wing coverts edged in yellow, and a barred breast.How does it live?This cuckooshrike inhabits forests, woodland, forest edges, and mangroves in western and eastern Africa. Males are black with a large yellow gape; females are barred yellow and black. The species account classifies its feeding niche as arboreal invertebrate gleaning.Its reported habitats include woodland, mangroves, forest, and forest edge. Oiseaux.net classifies its feeding niche as gleaning invertebrates from arboreal surfaces.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.