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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
20/05/2024 09:18:45 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike*
Id (Atlas):
Coracina caledonica
Description (10 )
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike
© larsfoto.se
Other Names (World)
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike, Melanesian Cuckooshrike, South Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)
Size
32 - 37 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Gmelin, 1788)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, mangroves, dry savanna, arable land.
New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
A piercing 'zweeee', often repeated.
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (9)... )
Listen to XC340203
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica ) [XC340203 ]
by Dominik Maximili\u00e1n Ram\u00edk from Les Grandes Fongeres, Farino, New Caledonia, France (flight call)
Listen to XC612980
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica ) [XC612980 ]
by Dominik Maximili\u00e1n Ram\u00edk from Cook's Bay lower southern river, Vanuatu (call)
Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei ), Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis ), Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea ), Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata ), Moluccan Cuckooshrike (Coracina atriceps ), Buru Cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis ), Coracina welchmani and Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae ), possibly also including Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea ). All were formerly treated as conspecific.
The following 4 subspecies are recognised:
thilenii (Neumann, 1915) - Vanuatu (Espiritu Santo, Malo, Malakula).
seiuncta Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Erromango, in southern Vanuatu.
lifuensis (Tristram, 1879) - Loyalty Is (Lifou).
caledonica (Gmelin, 1788) - New Caledonia.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the South Melanesian Cuckooshrike see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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