Sunday, June 9, 2013

>Coracina cinerea (Madagascar Cuckooshrike)

Madagascar Cuckooshrike



Madagascar Cuckooshrike
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Coracina
Species:C. cinerea
Binomial name
Coracina cinerea
(Müller, 1776)
The Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Coracina cinerea), also known as the Ashy Cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. The taxon cucullata, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Madagascar Cuckooshrike, has occasionally been considered a separate species, the Comoros Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina cucullata).
It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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