Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Cuckooshrike, Lesser Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
19 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1824)

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

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Singly or in pairs. Often in mixed flocks. In winter small flocks.

Food
Insects.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (32)...)

Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) [XC501280]
by Frank Lambert from Teupah Selatan, Kabupaten Simeulue, Aceh, Indonesia (call, squeeky calls during interaction)

Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) [XC359656]
by Ding Li Yong from Deremakot forest reserve, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (song)

Subspecies
Was in the past sometimes considered conspecific variously with Indochinese Cuckooshrike (Lalage polioptera), Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) and Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera). All are possibly linked also with African Grauer's Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris graueri) and Madagascan Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus).

The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

neglecta (Hume, 1877) - Southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.
culminata (Hay, 1845) - Peninsular Malaysia.
schierbrandi (Pelzeln, 1865) - Sumatra and Borneo.
compta (Richmond, 1903) - Simeulue and Siberut (off western Sumatra).
fimbriata (Temminck, 1824) - Java and Bali.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) - 10 files

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