>Coracina macei (Large Cuckooshrike)

Large Cuckooshrike

Large Cuckooshrike
Coracina macei
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. macei
Binomial name
Coracina macei (Lesson, 1830)

The Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call Klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on a perch.

Gallery

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  at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri 

  district of West Bengal,India.
 
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  Male carrying food for Juveniles at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri 

  district of West Bengal, India.
 
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  Immature at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri 

  district of West Bengal, India.
 
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  Immature asking for food at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri 

  district of West Bengal,India.