BLACK-WINGED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

 

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

1326             BLACK-WINGED CUCKOO-SHRIKE            Coracina melaschistos (Lalage melaschistos)

CAMBODIA                  32

Also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.  Breeds in deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen forest but winters in open forest, groves, singly or in pairs.

JAVAN CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Photographed at Fraser's Hill, Malaysia, April 2017

1157                JAVAN CUCKOO-SHRIKE                Coracina javensis      

MALAYSIA                   71

Found in the canopy of montane forests at 1,000-2,050 m. 28 cm. Resident from W Himalayas through S China to Taiwan, and Southeast Asia to Peninsular Malaysia, Java and Bali.

LARGE CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Sighted at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, March 2017

1023            LARGE CUCKOO-SHRIKE                      Coracina macei 

NEPAL            96

Open woodlands, groves and trees in cultivation. 30 cm. Common and widespread resident
                                                                                                    

Photographed in Chitwen, Nepal, March 2017

BARRED CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Photographed at Kingfisher Lodge, Julatten, Queensland September 2015

663           BARRED CUCKOO-SHRIKE            Coracina lineata

Australia           (505)

Also known as Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike. 24-26 cm. Found in rainforest, vine scrubs and margins; eucalypt forest/woodlands; clearings in secondary growth; paperbarks; timber on watercourses; native figs; other trees with fruits; plantations, gardens. Range: coastal e. Aust.: breeds s. to Nambucca Heads-Port Macquarie (NSW); casual Hunter Valley. Summer breeding migrant in se Q.-ne. NSW; nomadic in response to ripening of rainforest fruit. Uncommon Q; rare NSW.

GROUND CUCKOO-SHRIKE

Photographed on the Killarney Gap Road, 25 kilometres from Bingara, NSW, June 2015

625         GROUND CUCKOO-SHRIKE          Coracina maxima

Australia          (468)

33-36 cm. Fornd in open grasslands with dead trees and belts of live trees; timber on watercourses; malle-spinifex; mulga and other acacias; cypress pine scrubs; playpens, pasture, vineyards. Range: widespread across mainland, mostly inland of Gt Divide, but to near e. coast in lower Hunter Valley (NSW) and from near Brisbane to near Townsville (Q); sparse or absent from C. York Pen (Q) n. of Georgetown-Cunjuvoy; Top End  (NT); n Kimberley (WA); driest deserts and arid coastal areas; Nullarbor Plain and wetter forested areas in se. Just. and sw. WA. Uncommon, nomadic.

Photographed at Barrow Creek, Northern Territory May 2016

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.