>Coracina melaschistos (Black-winged Cuckooshrike)

Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Black-winged Cuckooshrike
on Banyan Ficus benghalensis at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. melaschistos
Binomial name
Coracina melaschistos (Hodgson, 1836)

The Black-winged Cuckooshrike or Smaller Grey Cuckoo-Shrike (Coracina melaschistos) is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.

Distribution

It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances (e.g. Kerala).

Habitat: open forest, groves, singly or in pairs.

Description

Black-winged Cuckooshrike at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India

Black-winged Cuckooshrike (female)

A medium sized, dark cuckoo-shrike with unbarred, grey underparts.

Male: dark grey above; contrasting black wings and tail. Wide white feather tips on underside of tail.

Female: Palers with faint barring on underside

Call: Loud twit twit to we, descending in scale.

Diet: mainly invertebrates.

Nests in tree.

Gallery

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  on Banyan Ficus benghalensis at Jayanti inBuxa Tiger Reserve inJalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
 
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  on Banyan Ficus benghalensis at Jayanti inBuxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.

>Coracina melanoptera (Black-headed Cuckooshrike)

Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Male at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. melanoptera
Binomial name
Coracina melanoptera (Rüppell, 1839)

The Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Coracina melanoptera) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Gallery

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  Male at Sindhrot inVadodara district of Gujarat, India.
 
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  Male at Sindhrot inVadodara district of Gujarat, India.
 
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  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 
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  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 
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  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 
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  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 
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  Female in Hyderabad, India.
 
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  Female in Hyderabad, India.

>Coracina mcgregori (McGregor's Cuckooshrike)

McGregor's Cuckooshrike

McGregor's Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. mcgregori
Binomial name
Coracina mcgregori (Mearns, 1907)

The McGregor's Cuckooshrike or Sharp-tailed Cuckooshrike (Coracina mcgregori) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. It is sometimes placed in the genus Lalage or placed in its own genus Malindangia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

>Coracina maxima (Ground Cuckooshrike)

Ground Cuckooshrike

Ground Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. maxima
Binomial name
Coracina maxima (Rüppell, 1839)

The Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Conservation status

Ground Cuckooshrikes are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

 

Lockyer Waters, SE Queensland, Australia

 

Atkinson's Dam, SE Queensland, Australia

State of Victoria, Australia

• The Ground Cuckooshrike is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988). Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Ground Cuckooshrike is listed as vulnerable.

Adult on nest

>Coracina longicauda (Hooded Cuckooshrike)

Hooded Cuckooshrike

Hooded Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. longicauda
Binomial name
Coracina longicauda (De Vis, 1890)

The Hooded Cuckooshrike (Coracina longicauda) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Coracina lineata (Barred Cuckooshrike)

Barred Cuckooshrike

Barred Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. lineata
Binomial name
Coracina lineata (Swainson, 1825)

The Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata), also called the Yellow-eyed Cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.

 

Rush Creek, SE Queensland, Australia

>Coracina leucopygia (White-rumped Cuckooshrike)

White-rumped Cuckooshrike

White-rumped Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. leucopygia
Binomial name
Coracina leucopygia (Bonaparte, 1850)

The White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Sulawesi,Indonesia.

>Coracina larvata (Sunda Cuckooshrike)

Sunda Cuckooshrike

Sunda Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. larvata
Binomial name
Coracina larvata (Müller, 1843)

The Sunda Cuckooshrike (Coracina larvata) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Malaysia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Coracina javensis (Javan Cuckooshrike)

Javan Cuckooshrike

Javan Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. javensis
Binomial name
Coracina javensis (Horsfield, 1821)

The Javan Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Coracina incerta (Black-shouldered Cicadabird)

Black-shouldered Cicadabird

Black-shouldered Cicadabird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. incerta
Binomial name
Coracina incerta (Meyer, 1874)

The Black-shouldered Cicadabird (Coracina incerta) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.