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 LC    Lesser Cuckooshrike* Id (Atlas):
    Lalage fimbriata

Description (10)
Image of Lesser Cuckooshrike (Female)
 

Other Names (World)
Lesser Cuckooshrike, Lesser Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
19 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, swamp forest, heavily degraded former forest, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.

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.

Habits
Singly or in pairs. Often in mixed flocks. In winter small flocks.

Food
Insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

 
Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) [XC501284]
     by Frank Lambert from Teupah Selatan, Kabupaten Simeulue, Aceh, Indonesia (song)

 
Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) [XC23332]
     by Stijn De Win from Mului, Gunung Lumut Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Was in the past sometimes considered conspecific variously with Indochinese Cuckooshrike (Lalage polioptera), Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) and Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera). All are possibly linked also with African Grauer's Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris graueri) and Madagascan Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • neglecta (Hume, 1877)   -  Southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.
  • culminata (Hay, 1845)   -  Peninsular Malaysia.
  • schierbrandi (Pelzeln, 1865)   -  Sumatra and Borneo.
  • compta (Richmond, 1903)   -  Simeulue and Siberut (off western Sumatra).
  • fimbriata (Temminck, 1824)   -  Java and Bali.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) - 10 files


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