>Coracina parvula (Halmahera Cuckooshrike)

Halmahera Cuckooshrike

Halmahera Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. parvula
Binomial name
Coracina parvula (Salvadori, 1878)

The Halmahera Cuckooshrike (Coracina parvula) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Coracina papuensis (White-bellied Cuckooshrike)

White-bellied Cuckooshrike

White-bellied Cuckooshrike
In Far North Queensland, Australia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. papuensis
Binomial name
Coracina papuensis (Gmelin, 1788)

The White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Australia,Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

At Kobble Creak

Taxonomy

The subspecies C. p. ingens is now usually considered a full species, the Manus Cuckooshrike  (Coracina ingens).

>Coracina ostenta (White-winged Cuckooshrike)

White-winged Cuckooshrike

White-winged Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. ostenta
Binomial name
Coracina ostenta Ripley, 1952

The White-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina ostenta) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

>Coracina novaehollandiae (Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike)

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. novaehollandiae
Binomial name
Coracina novaehollandiae Gmelin, 1789

The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia, New Guineaand the Solomon Islands. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.

They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat throughout the area, except in rainforests. But they can also occur in urban areas, and are a fairly common sight on power lines in Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth.

Taxonomy

The Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike was first described by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. The Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara known the species as Julgira; they would clip their wings and keep them as pets.

Description

Adult birds have a prominent black face and throat, gray plumage, white underparts and a somewhat hooked bill. The size varies between 32 cm and 34 cm. They are slow-moving, inconspicuous birds, with a shrill, screaming call, sounding like “creearck”

Behaviour

The diet consists of insects, their larvae, caterpillars or other invertebrates. These may be caught in flight, or caught when searching through the foliage. In addition, some fruits and seeds are also eaten.

Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Tasmania, Australia

Breeding season is chiefly from August to February each year. Both partners build the rather small nest. The fledglings leave the nest after about three weeks of hatching. They look like the adults, except the black facial mask is reduced to an eye stripe.

Outside the breeding season, they like to flock in groups of up to a hundred birds. Some may be partially migratory or may remain in the same territory. Lack of significant differences between regional populations in Australia makes it difficult to determine where populations move in winter.

 

Rush Creek, SE Queensland, Australia

>Coracina newtoni (Réunion Cuckooshrike)

Réunion Cuckooshrike

Réunion Cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. newtoni
Binomial name
Coracina newtoni (Pollen, 1866)

The Réunion Cuckooshrike (Coracina newtoni) is a critically endangered forest bird from the island of Réunion in the Indian Ocean. This species in the cuckooshrike family is restricted to two small patches of forest in the north of the island.

The Réunion Cuckooshrike is a small arboreal bird. The plumage is dimorphic between the sexes. The male is grey coloured with a darker back and lighter underside; the face is darker and has the impression of a mask. The female is quite different, being dark brown above and striped underneath with a white eye-line. The call of the species is a clear whistled tui tui tui, from which is derived its local Réunion Creole/French name, tuit-tuit.

The species is restricted to the canopy of native forests, occurring today in subtropical mountain forests. It is thought to have once ranged across the whole of Réunion's lowland forests. The diet of this species is principally insects, though fruit are also taken.

The Réunion Cuckooshrike is a critically endangered species and is currently the focus of conservation efforts. Its range has declined significantly and is currently an area of just 16 km². The population of the species is currently stable but at the low number of around 50 adult birds, and is very vulnerable to localised disasters such as forest fires or habitat degradation. Introduced cats and rats prey on the species (particularly on young birds), and introduced herbivores such as deer degrade what little habitat remains.

Formerly classified as an Endangered species by the IUCN, it was suspected to be rarer than generally assumed. Following the evaluation of its status, this was found to be correct, and it is consequently uplisted to Critically Endangered status in 2008 as it is in immediate danger of extinction, numbering so few birds that it might be entirely wiped out by a single catastrophic event such as atropical cyclone.

Pilot studies have shown that controlling rat and cat numbers around nesting sites leads to increased survival of chicks, and the test programme of trapping and poisoning is going to be expanded. The species' survival plan also includes recommendations to translocate some individuals to suitable habitat in other parts of the island.

>Coracina personata (Wallacean Cuckooshrike)

Wallacean Cuckooshrike

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

The Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

>Coracina salomonis (Makira Cicadabird)

Makira Cicadabird

Makira Cicadabird
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. salomonis
Binomial name
Coracina salomonis (Tristram, 1879)

The Makira Cicadabird (Coracina salomonis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands. It previously was considered a subspecies of the Common Cicadabird.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Coracina nesiotis (Yap Cicadabird)

Yap Cicadabird

Yap Cicadabird
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. nesiotis
Binomial name
Coracina nesiotis (Hartlaub & Finsch, 1872)
Synonyms
Campephaga nesiotis Coracina tenuirostris nesiotis

The Yap Cicadabird (Coracina nesiotis), sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the Common Cicadabird, is a species of bird in the Cuckooshrike, or Campephagidae, family. It is endemic to Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the dry tropical forests there.

>Coracina morio (Sulawesi Cicadabird)

Sulawesi Cicadabird

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

The Sulawesi Cicadabird (Coracina morio) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

>Coracina montana (Black-bellied Cuckooshrike)

Black-bellied Cuckooshrike

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

The Black-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina montana) 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.

>Coracina mindanensis (Black-bibbed Cicadabird)

Black-bibbed Cicadabird

Black-bibbed Cicadabird
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. mindanensis
Binomial name
Coracina mindanensis (Tweeddale, 1878)

The Black-bibbed Cicadabird (Coracina mindanensis) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines. The species is elusive and poorly known.

The Black-bibbed Cicadabird is thought to be restricted to subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and is threatened by habitat loss.

>Coracina melas (Black Cicadabird)

Black Cicadabird

Black Cicadabird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. melas
Binomial name
Coracina melas (Lesson, 1828)

The Black Cicadabird (Coracina melas), also known as the New Guinea Cuckooshrike, 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 mangrove forests

>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.