WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

201    WHITE-BELLIED CUCKOO-SHRIKE         Coracina papuensis

Australia       (201)

Also known as Little, papuan or White-breasted cuckoo-shrike. 26-28 cm. Range across the Kimberley, right across the top of Australia, including Cape York and down as far asVictoria and into SA, inland to half the state in Queensland and NSW and across most of Victoria. Found in forest/woodland, red river gums, grassland, mangroves, gardens.

BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

200          BLACK-FACED CUCKOO-SHRIKE             Coracina novaehollandiae

Australia     (200)

Also known as Blue or Grey Jay, Cherry Hawk, Shufflewing, Summerbird. 30-36 cm. Ranges all over Australia. Found in forests, woodlands, timber on watercourses, roadways, gardens.

NOTE:           3 subspecies in Australia
melanops:                      most of mainland
subpallida:                     breeds in Pilbara
novaehollandiae:          Tasmania

Subspecies subpallida, photographed at Onslow, WA July 2018