Alternative names: Philippine Cuckoo-shrike; Black Cuckoo-shrike; Blackish Cicadabird
- Analisoma coerulescens
Coracina coerulescens
Identification
25 - 26cm.
- Purplish-black plumage
- Slaty-grey rump
- Dark brown eye
- Black bill and legs
Females are dark ashy grey, paler on rump.
Juveniles are undescribed.
Distribution
Southeast Asia: found in the northern Philippines.
An uncommon and local restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
There are 3 subspecies:
- A. c. coerulescens:
- Northern Philippines (lowlands of Luzon and Catanduanes)
- A. c. deschauenseei:
- Marinduque (northern Philippines)
- A. c. altera:
- Formerly Cebu (central Philippines). Extinct.
Formerly placed in the genus Coracina, sometimes placed in the genus Edolisoma.
Habitat
Forest and secondary growth. Occurs usually below 1000m.
Behaviour
Feeds presumably on insects.
Forages in small groups in canopy and upper understorey. Sometimes in mixed-species flocks.
Breeding recorded in March on Luzon. No other information.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Blackish Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Blackish_Cuckooshrike
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