Blue cuckooshrike

The blue cuckooshrike (Cyanograucalus azureus) is a species of bird in the Cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is widespread across the African tropical rainforest, from Sierra Leone and Liberia to eastern and south-western Democratic Republic of Congo. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Blue cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Cyanograucalus Hartlaub, 1861
Species:	C. azureus
Binomial name
Cyanograucalus azureus (Cassin, 1852) [2]
Synonyms
Graucalus azureus (protoniem) Coracina azurea

This species was formerly placed in the genus Coracina. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010 found the genus Coracina was non-monophyletic. In the resulting reorganization to create monophyletic genera, the blue cuckooshrike is the only species placed in the resurrected genus Cyanograucalus.^[3][4]