Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos)

Other Names (World)
Black-winged Cuckooshrike, Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike, Dark-grey Cuckoo-shrike, Dark-gray Cuckoo-shrike, Lesser Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Lesser Gray Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
21.50 - 25.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hodgson, 1836)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), Hong Kong (China), India, Japan, Laos (B) (P), Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Vietnam.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (50)...)

Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) [XC902205]
by Mathias Ritschard from Dak Dom, Dakcheung, Sekong Province, Laos (song)

Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) [XC472774]
by Scott Connop from Sattal, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India (song)

Subspecies
Formerly sometimes considered conspecific with Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata) or 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 4 subspecies are recognised:

melaschistos (Hodgson, 1836) - Northern Pakistan (Murree Hills), and Himalayas east to north-eastern India (upper Assam), southern China (south-eastern Xizang east to north-western Yunnan) and western and northern Myanmar. Non-breeding south to northern and north-eastern India, south-eastern Bangladesh (Chittagongs) and north-western Thailand.
intermedia (Hume, 1877) - Central, eastern and south-eastern China (Gansu east to Hebei, south to Guangxi and Guangdong). Non-breeding southern Myanmar, southern Thailand, southern Vietnam, southern China and Taiwan.
avensis (Blyth, 1852) - South-western China (Sichuan, Yunnan, southern Guizhou), southern and eastern Myanmar, northern Thailand, northern Laos and northern and central Vietnam. Non-breeding also south to southern Myanmar, southern Thailand and southern Indochina.
saturata (Swinhoe, 1870) - North-eastern and central Vietnam (eastern Tonkin, northern and central Annam) and Hainan I. Non-breeding north-western Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia and southern Annam.

References
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Files:

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