Thursday, November 28, 2013

>Lalage conjuncta (Mussau Triller)

Mussau Triller




Mussau Triller
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. conjuncta
Binomial name
Lalage conjuncta
Rothschild & Hartert, 1924)
The Mussau Triller (Lalage conjuncta) is a smaller member of the Cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Varied Triller. It is found on the St Matthias Islands in the Bismarck Archipelago.











>Lalage leucomela (Varied Triller)

Varied Triller


Varied Triller
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. leucomela
Binomial name
Lalage leucomela
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827

Photographed at Dayboro, SE Queensland, Australia
The Varied Triller (Lalage leucomela) like its better-known relative the White-winged Triller, is a smaller member of the Cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. Varied Trillers prefer warm, reasonably moist environments and are found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, along much of the tropical and sub-tropical coastal hinterland of eastern Australia, from about the Sydney area to the tip of Cape York Peninsula, in the moister part of the Kimberley, and throughout the Top End.
Common to very common in the north, they are uncommon to rare in the colder south. Typical habitat is rainforest, vine forest, riverine thickets, eucalypt forest and woodland, with a particular preference for the border areas between closed and open forests.
Varied Trillers work their way slowly and methodically through foliage at any level (sometimes on the ground), searching in pairs or small groups for insects and fruit, and making repeated rolling contact calls almost continuously.
The Mussau Triller, L. conjuncta was formerly considered a subspecies.
Rush Creek, SE Queensland, Australia



Tuesday, November 26, 2013

>Lalage atrovirens (Black-browed Triller)

Black-browed Triller



Black-browed Triller
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. atrovirens
Binomial name
Lalage atrovirens
(Gray, 1862)
The Black-browed Triller (Lalage atrovirens) 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.

>Lalage moesta (White-browed Triller)

White-browed Triller



White-browed Triller
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. moesta
Binomial name
Lalage moesta
Sclater, 1883
The White-browed Triller (Lalage moesta) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Monday, November 25, 2013

>Lalage aurea (Rufous-bellied Triller)

Rufous-bellied Triller


Rufous-bellied Triller
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. aurea
Binomial name
Lalage aurea
(Temminck, 1827)
The Rufous-bellied Triller (Lalage aurea) 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 mangrove forests.

>Lalage tricolor (White-winged Triller)

White-winged Triller



White-winged Triller
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Campephagidae
Genus:Lalage
Species:L. tricolor
Binomial name
Lalage tricolor
(Swainson, 1825)
The White-winged Triller (Lalage tricolor) is one of the smaller members of the Cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae. It is found throughout mainland Australia and possibly on the islands to the north, including New Guinea and eastern Indonesia. It is resident or nomadic over the warmer part of its range (inland Australia and points north), and a summer breeding migrant to the cooler southern parts of Australia.
White-winged Trillers are fairly common in woodland, and open scrub through most of their range, and close to riverbeds in the central arid zone. The conspicuous male bird—black above and white below in breeding plumage—trills cheerfully through much of the day during the breeding season (mid-spring to early summer), frequently rising on fluttering wings in song flight.
The female is similarly patterned but in dull fawns and white. In the non-breeding season, male birds appear similar to the female, retaining blackish feathers only on the wings and tail.
Typically 16 to 18 cm long, White-winged Trillers eat a variety of insects, which are taken on the ground, from in foliage, or in the air.
The correct classification of the White-winged Triller and its close northern relative, the White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) of Eastern Indonesia is uncertain. Some authorities regard them as two races of a single species, in which case the White-winged Triller becomesLalage sueurii tricolor.

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Female White-winged Triller and a very well-camouflaged chick
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Song Samsonvale, SE Queensland, Australia


non-breeding male

    Sunday, November 24, 2013

    >Lalage sueurii (White-shouldered Triller)

    White-shouldered Triller







    White-shouldered Triller
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Lalage
    Species:L. sueurii
    Binomial name
    Lalage sueurii
    (Vieillot, 1818)
    The White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) is a passerine bird belonging to the triller genus Lalage in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. It is found in Indonesia and East Timor. The White-winged Triller (L. tricolor) of Australia and New Guinea was formerly included in this species but is now treated as a separate species.
    It is a fairly small bird, 17 centimetres in length. The bill is grey with a black tip and the legs and feet are black. The male is mainly black above and white below. It has a grey rump, white stripe over the eye, white wing-patches and white on the outer tail-feathers. Females have a similar pattern to the males but are brown instead of black above and have fine black barring on the underparts.
    The Pied Triller is similar but is slightly smaller with a broader stripe above the eye and more white in the wing. The male White-winged Triller has no white stripe over the eye.
    The song of the White-shouldered Triller is a metallic whistling which is sometimes given in flight. It also utters a rapid series of harsh notes.
    It occurs in eastern Java, southern Sulawesi, Bali and on the Lesser Sunda Islands. It inhabits open woodland, savannas and agricultural land in dry, lowland areas. It feeds on insects, often swooping down from a perch to catch them on the ground.

    >Lalage leucopygialis (White-rumped Triller)

    White-rumped Triller


    White-rumped Triller
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Lalage
    Species:L. leucopygialis
    Binomial name
    Lalage leucopygialis
    Walden, 1872
    The White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis) 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 mangrove forests.

    Thursday, November 21, 2013

    >Lalage nigra (Pied Triller)

    Pied Triller


    Pied Triller
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Lalage
    Species:L. nigra
    Binomial name
    Lalage nigra
    (Forster, 1781)
    The Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand.
    Kuala Selangor, Malaysia, Aug 1994

    >Lalage melanoleuca (Black-and-white Triller)

    Black-and-white Triller

    Black-and-white Triller



    Black-and-white Triller
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Lalage
    Species:L. melanoleuca
    Binomial name
    Lalage melanoleuca
    (Blyth, 1861)
    The Black-and-white Triller (Lalage melanoleuca) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.
    Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

    Wednesday, November 20, 2013

    >>Genus Lalage (Triller)

    Triller


    Trillers
    Male Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Lalage
    F. Boie, 1826
    Species
    See text.
    The trillers (Lalage) are a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. Their name comes from the loud trilling calls of the males. There are about 12 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on insects and fruit. They build a neat cup-shaped nest high in a tree.
    They are fairly small birds, about 15 to 20 cm long. They are mainly black, grey and white in colour.
    Most species are fairly common but the Samoan Triller is considered to be Near Threatened and the Norfolk Island subspecies of the Long-tailed Triller has become extinct.

    Species list
    • Black-and-white Triller, Lalage melanoleuca
    • Pied Triller, Lalage nigra
    • White-rumped Triller, Lalage leucopygialis
    • White-shouldered Triller, Lalage sueurii
    • White-winged Triller, Lalage tricolor
    • Rufous-bellied Triller, Lalage aurea
    • White-browed Triller, Lalage moesta
    • Black-browed Triller, Lalage atrovirens
    • Varied Triller, Lalage leucomela
    • Mussau Triller, Lalage conjuncta
    • Polynesian Triller, Lalage maculosa
    • Samoan Triller, Lalage sharpei
    • Long-tailed Triller, Lalage leucopyga
      • Norfolk Triller, Lalage leucopyga leucopyga

    >>Genus Campochaera >Campochaera sloetii (Golden Cuckooshrike)

    Golden Cuckooshrike



    Golden Cuckooshrike
    Conservation status

    Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
    Scientific classification
    Kingdom:Animalia
    Phylum:Chordata
    Class:Aves
    Order:Passeriformes
    Family:Campephagidae
    Genus:Campochaera
    Sharpe, 1878
    Species:C. sloetii
    Binomial name
    Campochaera sloetii
    (Schlegel, 1866)
    The Golden Cuckooshrike (Campochaera sloetii) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is monotypic within the genusCampochaera. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.


    Tuesday, November 19, 2013

    >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.


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