Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea)

Other Names (World)
Stout-billed Cuckooshrike, Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike, Blue-grey Cuckoo-shrike, Blue-gray Cuckoo-shrike, Stout-billed Greybird

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gray, 1858)

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

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A variety of harsh, chirping, mewing calls.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea) [XC38155]
by Niels Poul Dreyer from Ok Menga near Tabubil, Western Province, Papua New Guinea (song?)

Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea) [XC118386]
by Iain Woxvold from Baily bridge, below Tari Gap, Southern Highlands, Papua New Guinea (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Indian Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei), Javan Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis), Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea), Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata), Moluccan Cuckooshrike (Coracina atriceps), Buru Cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis), Coracina welchmani, South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica) and Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae). All were formerly treated as conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

strenua (Gray, 1858) - Western and central New Guinea (east to Wahgi Valley), including Yapen I.
caeruleogrisea (Gray, 1858) - South-central New Guinea and Aru Is.
adamsoni Mayr and Rand, 1936 - Eastern New Guinea.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea) - 10 files

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