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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