Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera)

Other Names (World)
Black-headed Cuckooshrike, Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Large Grey Cuckoo-shrike, Large Gray Cuckoo-shrike

Family
Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)

Size
19 - 20.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(R�ppell, 1839)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (31)...)

Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) [XC182173]
by Mandar Bhagat from Navelim Wetlands, North Goa, Goa, India (song)

Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) [XC485073]
by Sreekumar Chirukandoth from Karwapani-Asarori Fireline, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India (call, song)

Subspecies
Formerly referred to as Coracina sykesi. Was in the past sometimes considered conspecific with Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos) or Lesser Cuckooshrike (Lalage fimbriata). All are possibly linked also with African Grauer's Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris graueri) and Madagascan Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Ceblepyris cinereus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

melanoptera (R�ppell, 1839) - North-western India (Himachal Pradesh, northern Uttar Pradesh).
sykesi Strickland, 1844 - Southern Nepal, India (eastern Rajasthan, Gujarat and north-central Uttar Pradesh east to Assam, Nagaland and Manipur, south to Kerala and Tamil Nadu), Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Non-breeding east to western and south-western Myanmar.

References
See References.

Files:

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