Animals /
Birds Living

Melanesian Cuckooshrike

Coracina caledonica

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.

Overview

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 forests.

Video

Representative video of genus CoracinaCredit: Aviceda · CC BY-SA 3.0Source ↗

Sounds

A verified sound recording has not been linked yet. Auto Sync will keep checking xeno-canto and Wikimedia Commons.

References

  1. GBIF Auto Sync GBIF
  2. Wikipedia — South Melanesian cuckooshrike Wikipedia

Comments

No published comments yet.