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Includes Javan Cuckooshrike

Photo by Rachael Smith
Frasers Hill, Malaysia, February 2008

Identification

Endemic to Asia: Found from the lower Himalayas to southern China, Indochina, and from there south to Java and Bali

Subspecies siamensis
Photo by robby thai
Dan Ya Kat Chaing Dao Thailand, February 2017

A rearrangement of Large Cuckooshrike and Javan Cuckooshrike has resulted in both of these names being retired and instead we now have Indian Cuckooshrike, Oriental Cuckooshrike, and Malayan Cuckooshrike.

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

C. j. javensis in Java and Bali
C. j. nipalensis in the lower Himalayas of India, Nepal and east to western Assam
C. j. andamana on the Andaman Islands
C. j. siamensis from southeast China to Burma, peninsula Thailand and southern Indochina
C. j. larvivora in Hainan (southern China)
C. j. rexpineti from southeast China to northern Laos and Taiwan

Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.15.1. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Oriental Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 12 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Oriental_Cuckooshrike

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