Pied Triller (Lalage nigra)

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
17 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Forster, 1781)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, mangroves, rural gardens, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines (B), Singapore (B), Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (35)...)

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) [XC36887]
by Frank Lambert from Baluran National Park, Java, Indonesia (?)

Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) [XC192173]
by Mike Nelson from Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with White-rumped Triller (Lalage leucopygialis) and sometimes considered conspecific. It is also suggested that it may form a superspecies with White-shouldered Triller (Lalage sueurii) or they may be conspecific.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

nigra (Forster, 1781) - Borneo and adjacent islands, and Philippines.
davisoni Kloss, 1926 - Southern Andaman Is, and central Nicobar Is (Camorta, Katchall, Trinkat).
striga (Horsfield, 1821) - Southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (including Nias I), Bangka, Belitung and western Java (including Karimunjawa Is).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Pied Triller (Lalage nigra) - 10 files

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