Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata)

Other Names (World)
Wallacean Cuckooshrike, Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike, Timor Cuckoo-shrike (personata), Lesser Sunda Cuckoo-shrike (personata), Kai Cuckoo-shrike (pollens)

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
32 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(M�ller, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist shrubland, dry savanna, arable land, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia (B), Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

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 (2020) and stable.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A drawn-out whistled 'weeer'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata) [XC139860]
by Philippe Verbelen from Mt Taur, ROmang Island, Maluku Barat Daya, Maluku, Indonesia (call)

Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata) [XC105852]
by Colin Trainor from Subo, Apui, Alor, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei), Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis), Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea), Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), 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.

Subspecies pollens and unimodus sometimes treated as representing a separate species. Subspecies floris and sumbensis also sometimes given species status. Putative subspecies lettiensis (from Leti, Moa and Sermata), supposedly with weaker bill, considered insufficiently distinct from nominate.

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

floris (Sharpe, 1878) - Western Lesser Sunda Is (Sumbawa, Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Besar).
sumbensis (Meyer, AB, 1881) - Sumba.
alfrediana (Hartert, 1898) - Eastern Lesser Sundas (Lomblen, Alor).
personata (M�ller, 1843) - Roti, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Romang, Leti, Moa and Sermata.
unimoda (P. L. Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar Islands (Yamdena, Larat and Loetoe).
pollens (Salvadori, 1874) - Kai Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata) - 10 files

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