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 LC    Indian Cuckooshrike* Id (Atlas):
    Coracina macei

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Indian Cuckooshrike, Large Cuckooshrike, Large Cuckoo-shrike, Black-throated Cuckoo-shrike, Indian Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
27 - 30.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1831)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, dry forest, heavily degraded former forest, dry savannna, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)
Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (86)...)

 
Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) [XC24577]
     by David Edwards from Tmat Boey, Preah Vihear Province, Cambodia (song)

 
Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) [XC418025]
     by Somkiat Pakapinyo (Chai) from Bistupur, Bardhaman, West Bengal, India (call)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis), Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea), Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata), Moluccan Cuckooshrike (Coracina atriceps), Buru Cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis), Coracina welchmani and South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica), possibly also including Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea). All were formerly treated as conspecific.

All subspecies, or perhaps only larutensis, may actually be subspecies of Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis).

Differences in calls and morphology suggest that nominate subspecies and layardi may represent a separate species.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

  • nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836)   -  Himalayas from Garhwal and western Nepal east to north-eastern India (western Assam).
  • macei (Lesson, 1831)   -  Central and southern India from Garhwal east to West Bengal and Orissa, south to Travancore.
  • layardi (Blyth, 1866)   -  Sri Lanka (except north-western lowlands).
  • andamana (Neumann, 1915)   -  Andaman Is.
  • siamensis (Baker, ECS, 1918)   -  Myanmar, southern China (southern Guizhou, west, north-western and southern Yunnan), Thailand (south to Isthmus of Kra) and southern Indochina.
  • larutensis (Sharpe, 1887)   -  Peninsular Malaysia (from northern Perak south to southern Selangor and Pahang).
  • rexpineti (Swinhoe, 1863)   -  South-eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian), Taiwan, northern Laos and northern Vietnam.
  • larvivora (Hartert, 1910)   -  Hainan I.



References
See References.


Files:
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