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 LC    Slaty Cuckooshrike* Id (Atlas):
    Coracina schistacea

Description (5)
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Other Names (World)
Slaty Cuckooshrike, Slaty Cuckoo-shrike, Sula Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
31 - 32 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sharpe, 1879)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical mangroves, arable land.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia.

Islands off eastern Sulawesi: Banggai Is (Peleng, Banggai) and Sula Is (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole, Sanana).
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

 
Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea) [XC177926]
     by Andrew Spencer from Kawalu Village, Indonesia (call)

 
Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea) [XC177924]
     by Mike Catsis from Kawalu Village, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Forms a superspecies with Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei), Javan Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis), Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), 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.

Birds from Banggai I sometimes separated as subspecies petersi, are considered indistinguishable from those in rest of range.


References
See References.


Files:
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