Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Slaty Cuckooshrike* |
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Coracina schistacea |
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Description (5)
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Slaty Cuckooshrike
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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.
Indonesia.
Islands off eastern Sulawesi: Banggai Is (Peleng, Banggai) and Sula Is (Taliabu, Seho, Mangole, Sanana).
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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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Slaty Cuckooshrike see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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