Black-winged Cuckooshrike - BirdForum Opus

Photo by Rajiv Lather
Nainital, India

Alternative name: Dark-grey Cuckoo-shrike

Lalage melaschistos

Coracina melaschistos

Identification

Photo by Chiranjib18
Teliagaon Natuntiniali, Nagaon, Assam, India December 2017

19·5–24 cm (7¾-9½)

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Male

• Dark grey upperparts
• Grey underparts
• Black wings
• Black white-tipped tail, graduated
  

Female

• Paler
• Faint barring on underside.

Distribution

Pakistan, India, north-eastern Myanmar, China and south-east Asia.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in the genus Coracina.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies^[1]:

• L. m. melaschistos:

• Northern Pakistan, Himalayas and north-eastern Indian subcontinent

• L. m. avensis:

• Western China to central and southern Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Vietnam

• L. m. intermedia:

• Central and southern China and Taiwan

• L. m. saturata:

• Northern Vietnam and Hainan

Habitat

Open forest and groves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet consists mostly of insects and invertebrates such as caterpillars, beetles and bugs. They also eat some fruit.

Breeding

Their nest is a small cup constructed from twigs, rootlets, fibres, bark and lichens. It is bound together with spider web.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Dec 2017)
3. Wikipedia
4. BF Member observations

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-winged Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-winged_Cuckooshrike

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