Monday, June 3, 2013

>Coracina welchmani (North Melanesian Cuckooshrike)

North Melanesian Cuckooshrike







North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Coracina
Species:C. welchmani
Binomial name
Coracina welchmani
(Tristram, 1892)
The North Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina welchmani) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands, specifically Santa Isabel Island. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of Coracina caledonica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.


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