Reunion Cuckooshrike (Lalage newtoni) [XC204516]
by Daniel Danckwerts from Saint-Denis, Saint Denis, France (alarm call)
Reunion Cuckooshrike (Lalage newtoni) [XC20761]
by George Sangster from Plaine de Chicots, Reunion, France (song)
Subspecies
No subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Mauritius Cuckooshrike (Lalage typica). No other obviously close relatives; plumage similarities (including marked sexual dichromatism) with Australasian Slender-billed Cicadabird (Edolisoma tenuirostre), Grey-headed Cicadabird (Edolisoma schisticeps) and New Guinea Cicadabird (Edolisoma melas) may indicate either common ancestry or convergence.