Sunday, November 3, 2013

>Coracina melas (Black Cicadabird)

Black Cicadabird



New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melas)



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

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