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Coracina
''Coracina'' is a large genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae. The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1816. The type species was subsequently designated as the white-bellied cuckooshrike (''Coracina papuensis'') by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850–1851. The name ''Coracina'' is from the Ancient Greek meaning "little raven", a diminutive of ''korax'' meaning "raven". The genus formerly included many more species. It was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. A major clade was moved to the resurrected genus ''Edolisoma'' and a smaller group of Asian and Indian Ocean species moved to the genus ''Lalage (bird), Lalage''. The genus contains the following 22 species: * Stout-billed cuckooshrike (''Coracina caeruleogrisea'') * Hooded cuckooshrike (''Coracina longicauda'') * Cerulean cuckooshrike (''Coracina temminckii'') * Pied cuckooshrike (''Coracina bicolor'') * Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
The white-bellied cuckooshrike (''Coracina papuensis'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Description This species exhibits a short black mask extending from the beak to the eyes ( lores) but not beyond with a fine white rear eye-ring . The head and upperparts including upper wings are pale blue-grey with tail feathers tending towards darker grey. Despite the name, the belly can be white to grey depending on region and subspecies. The subspecies ''Coracina papuensis robusta'' can present with a dark morph that has extensive black plumage on the neck and chest that can be barred at the edges. There is little variation between the sexes. Immature birds can have the underparts lightly barred and appear duller than adults with a less distinct black mask. This species can be mistaken for the black-faced cuckooshrike due to similar markings but is smaller with a more compact build. An ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Large Cuckooshrike
The large cuckooshrike (''Coracina macei'') is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and depending on the taxonomic treatment used, Southeast Asia. The species has had a long and varied taxonomic treatment, being closely related to forms across Southeast Asia, with some authors using the name Indian cuckooshrike (which then refers only to the species that includes the forms ''C. m. macei'' of peninsular India and ''C. m. layardi'' of Sri Lanka). The species and subspecies classifications vary widely across sources and are yet to be resolved unambiguously. Description Adult males have a broad and well-marked eye stripe which is pale in females. The throat and breast are grey in males and the abdomen and flanks are finely barred. Females have the throat and breast also with barring which extends further down and lacks the prominent whitish vent of the male. They are mostly insectivorous A robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina Macei) W IMG 4395
The large cuckooshrike (''Coracina macei'') is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and depending on the taxonomic treatment used, Southeast Asia. The species has had a long and varied taxonomic treatment, being closely related to forms across Southeast Asia, with some authors using the name Indian cuckooshrike (which then refers only to the species that includes the forms ''C. m. macei'' of peninsular India and ''C. m. layardi'' of Sri Lanka). The species and subspecies classifications vary widely across sources and are yet to be resolved unambiguously. Description Adult males have a broad and well-marked eye stripe which is pale in females. The throat and breast are grey in males and the abdomen and flanks are finely barred. Females have the throat and breast also with barring which extends further down and lacks the prominent whitish vent of the male. They are mostly insectivorous but also feed on figs and forest fruits and usually fly in small groups wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
The white-bellied cuckooshrike (''Coracina papuensis'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Description This species exhibits a short black mask extending from the beak to the eyes ( lores) but not beyond with a fine white rear eye-ring . The head and upperparts including upper wings are pale blue-grey with tail feathers tending towards darker grey. Despite the name, the belly can be white to grey depending on region and subspecies. The subspecies ''Coracina papuensis robusta'' can present with a dark morph that has extensive black plumage on the neck and chest that can be barred at the edges. There is little variation between the sexes. Immature birds can have the underparts lightly barred and appear duller than adults with a less distinct black mask. This species can be mistaken for the black-faced cuckooshrike due to similar markings but is smaller with a more compact build. An ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barred Cuckooshrike
The barred cuckooshrike (''Coracina lineata''), also called the yellow-eyed cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in eastern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands. Taxonomy Subspecies * ''Coracina lineata lineata'': Northeast Australia (east Cape York Peninsula to northeast New South Wales) * ''Coracina lineata axillaris'': Mountains of central New Guinea and Waigeo Island. * ''Coracina lineata maforensis'': Numfor Island (New Guinea) * ''Coracina lineata sublineata'': Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland and New Britain) * ''Coracina lineata nigrifrons'': Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel) * ''Coracina lineata ombriosa'': Solomon Is. (Kolombangara, New Georgia Group and Rendova) * ''Coracina lineata pusilla'': Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands) * ''Coracina lineata malaitae'': Malaita (Solomon Islands) * ''Coracina lineata makirae'': Makira (Solomon Islands) * ''Coracina lineata gracilis'': Rennell ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike
The bar-bellied cuckooshrike (''Coracina striata'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and its natural habitats include mangrove forest, dry forest, swamp forest, and secondary forest. The plumage varies among the subspecies, with different amounts of barring on the underparts. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has assessed the species as one of least-concern. Taxonomy The bar-bellied cuckooshrike was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1775 in his '' Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux''. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the ''Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle'' which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Piete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ground Cuckooshrike
The ground cuckoo-shrike (''Coracina maxima'') is an uncommon bird species endemic to Australia, occurring mainly in open woodland and arid grasslands throughout inland Australia, but also occasionally in areas on the east coast. Taxonomy ''Coracina maxima'' is one of 81 species in the family Campephagidae, 7 of which occur in Australia. The family can be divided into 2 groups, one of which contains 13 of the 81 species, and occur only in Asia. The other group, which includes genus ''Coracina'' (cuckoo-shrikes, cicadabirds and trillers), occurs in Africa, southern and Southeast Asia, Australia and islands in the west Pacific. Occurring in Australia are four species of cuckoo-shrike. The black-faced cuckoo-shrike (''Coracina novaehollandiae'') is a common species that occurs throughout all of Australia. The white-bellied cuckoo-shrike (''Coracina papuensis'') is uncommon and only occurring in the northern parts of the Northern Territory, as well as most of Queensland, Victoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coracina Novaehollandiae
The black-faced cuckooshrike (''Coracina novaehollandiae'') is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat throughout the region, except in rainforests. But they can also occur in urban areas, and are a fairly common sight on power lines in Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth. Taxonomy The black-faced cuckooshrike was first described by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. The Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara know the species as ''julgira''; they would clip their wings and keep them as pets. Description Adult birds have a prominent black face and throat, gray plumage, white underparts and a somewhat hooked bill. The size varies between 32 cm and 34 cm. They are slow-moving, inconspicuous birds, with a shrill, screaming call, sounding like ''creea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
The black-faced cuckooshrike (''Coracina novaehollandiae'') is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in Australia, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat (ecology), habitat throughout the region, except in rainforests. But they can also occur in urban areas, and are a fairly common sight on power lines in Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth, Western Australia, Perth. Taxonomy The black-faced cuckooshrike was first described by German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789. The Yinjibarndi language, Yindjibarndi people of the central and western Pilbara know the species as ''julgira''; they would clip their wings and keep them as pets. Description Adult birds have a prominent black face and throat, gray Feather, plumage, white underparts and a somewhat hooked Beak, bill. The size varies between 32 cm and 34 cm. They are slow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Melanesian Cuckooshrike
The south Melanesian cuckooshrike (''Coracina caledonica'') is an uncommon species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is found in New Caledonia, Bougainville Island, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The species is a large (32–37 cm) cuckoo-shrike with a long square tail and all over dark grey plumage. The eye of adults is yellow, whereas that of the juvenile is dark. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest Montane ecosystems are found on the slopes of mountains. The alpine climate in these regions strongly affects the ecosystem because temperatures fall as elevation increases, causing the ecosystem to stratify. This stratification is a crucial f ...s. Taxonomy Subspecies * ''Coracina caledonica caledonica'': New Caledonia * ''Coracina caledonica thilenii'': Vanuatu (Espíritu Santo, Malo and Malakula) * ''Coracina caledonica seiuncta'': Erromango (Vanuatu) * ''Coracina caledon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerulean Cuckooshrike
The cerulean cuckooshrike (''Coracina temminckii'') is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. Other common names for this bird include the Sulawesi cuckooshrike, the Celebes cuckooshrike and Temminck's cuckooshrike. Taxonomy The cerulean cuckooshrike was first described by the German naturalist Salomon Müller in 1843. The specific name honours the Dutch zoologist and ornithologist Coenraad Jacob Temminck, the director of the National Natural History Museum at Leiden who had sent Müller to the East Indies to collect specimens. Three subspecies are recognised; ''C. t. temminckii'' from the northern peninsula of Sulawesi, ''C. t. rileyi'' from central and southeastern Sulawesi and ''C. t. tonkeana'' from eastern Sulawesi. Description The adult cerulean cuckooshrike is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
The north Melanesian cuckooshrike (''Coracina welchmani'') is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of '' Coracina caledonica''. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Taxonomy The syntypes of ''Graucalus (Artamides) welchmani'' TristramIbis, 1891, p.294, an adult male and a pullus, is held in the vertebrate zoology collection of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession numbers NML-VZ T16743 and NML-VZ T16749. The specimen was collected in Bugotu Island, Solomon Islands in December 1870 by Dr. Welchman. The specimen came to the Liverpool national collection came to the Liverpool national collection through the purchase of Canon Henry Baker Tristram Henry Baker Tristram FRS (11 May 1822 – 8 March 1906) was an English clergyman, Bible scholar, traveller and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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