Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) [XC891134]
by David Edwards from San Ju, Doi Lang, Fang, Chiangmai, Thailand (flight call)
Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) [XC464019]
by Frank Lambert from Doi Lang West Slope, Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Fang, Chiang Mai, Thailand (flight call)
All subspecies, or perhaps only larutensis, may actually be subspecies of Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis).
Differences in calls and morphology suggest that nominate subspecies and layardi may represent a separate species.
The following 8 subspecies are recognised:
nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) - Himalayas from Garhwal and western Nepal east to north-eastern India (western Assam).
macei (Lesson, 1831) - Central and southern India from Garhwal east to West Bengal and Orissa, south to Travancore.
layardi (Blyth, 1866) - Sri Lanka (except north-western lowlands).
andamana (Neumann, 1915) - Andaman Is.
siamensis (Baker, ECS, 1918) - Myanmar, southern China (southern Guizhou, west, north-western and southern Yunnan), Thailand (south to Isthmus of Kra) and southern Indochina.
larutensis (Sharpe, 1887) - Peninsular Malaysia (from northern Perak south to southern Selangor and Pahang).
rexpineti (Swinhoe, 1863) - South-eastern China (Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian), Taiwan, northern Laos and northern Vietnam.