---
title: "Lagarteiro-preto"
description: "Campephaga flava — Aves. The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/black-cuckooshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Lagarteiro-preto

> Campephaga flava — Aves. The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

- Scientific name: *Campephaga flava*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 890
- Wikidata: [Q1306580](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1306580)
- iNaturalist taxon: [8313](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/8313)

## Names

- en: Black Cuckooshrike
- de: Mohrenraupenfresser
- es: Horuguero Hombroamarillo
- fr: Échenilleur à épaulettes jaunes
- nl: Kaapse rupsvogel
- pt: Lagarteiro-preto
- pl: Liszkojad czarny

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (449), KE (84), TZ (69), MW (48), ZM (31), ZW (29), RW (26), UG (19), MZ (17), BW (11), SZ (10), NA (6)

## Summary

The black cuckooshrike (Campephaga flava) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. The species is closely related to Petit's cuckooshrike and the red-shouldered cuckooshrike, and forms a superspecies with them. It is also known as the African black cuckooshrike.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_cuckooshrike

## Photo

![Lagarteiro-preto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-cuckooshrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Holle · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/358560612

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-cuckooshrike?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).