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''Lobotos'' is a genus of
bird Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves (), characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweigh ...
in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. It is sometimes included in the genus Campephaga. It contains the following two species: * Western wattled cuckooshrike (''Lobotos lobatus'') * Eastern wattled cuckooshrike (''Lobotos oriolinus'')


References

*Jønsson, K.A., R.C.K. Bowie, J.A.A. Nylander, L. Christidis, J.A. Norman, and J. Fjeldså. 2010a. Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua. Journal of Biogeography 37: 1767–1781. Bird genera   Taxa named by Ludwig Reichenbach {{Campephagidae-stub