cuckoo shrike

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cuckoo shrike

(Animals) any Old World tropical songbird of the family Campephagidae, typically having a strong notched bill, long rounded tail, and pointed wings. See also minivet

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Migrant birds also come through like the Eurasian bee-eater, Willow warbler, African pygmy kingfisher, and black cuckoo shrike. You might also spot some of the resident wildlife such as banded mongoose, genet cats, Sykes monkeys, common duiker, African civets or the rare side-striped jackals.

Escape to bird sanctuary in the highlands

"These can then readily be applied to highly-threatened species in the wild, such as in places like Mauritius where we've hit the right note by successfully helping the likes of the Mauritius olive white-eye, Mauritius fody and Mauritius cuckoo shrike."

The hand-reared (and rare) chirpy arrivals

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