- Coracina striata
Identification
24–32 cm
Male
- Dark grey plumage
- Black eye-ring
- Black lores
Distribution
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas, Sumatra, Java
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 15 subspecies[1]:
- C. s. sumatrensis:
- C. s. bungurensis:
- Anambas and Natuna islands (South China Sea)
- C. s. simalurensis:
- Simeulue Island (off Sumatra)
- C. s. babiensis:
- Babi Island (off Sumatra)
- C. s. kannegieteri:
- Nias Island (off Sumatra)
- C. s. enganensis:
- Enggano Island (off Sumatra)
- C. s. vordermani:
- Kangean Islands (Java Sea)
- C. s. striata:
- Philippines (Luzon, Polillo and Lubang)
- C. s. mindorensis:
- Philippines (Mindoro, Libagao and Tablas)
- C. s. panayensis:
- Philippines (Guimaras, Masbate, Panay, Ticao and Negros)
- C. s. boholensis:
- Philippines (Bohol, Leyte, Panaon, Calicoan and Samar)
- C. s. cebuensis:
- Cebu (Philippines). Probably extinct
- C. s. kochii:
- Southern Philippines (Mindanao, Nipa and Basilan)
- C. s. difficilis:
- Southern Philippines (Palawan, Busuanga and Balabac)
- C. s. guillemardi :
- Sulu Archipelago
Andaman Cuckoo-shrike C. dobsoni was split from Bar-bellied Cuckoo-shrike.[1][2]
Habitat
Moist lowland forests and mangrove forests. Forest and forest edge.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet onsists of insects, including butterflies, moths, beetles, mantids and dragonflies.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.
- Avibase
- Answers.com
- BF Member observations
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2015)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Bar-bellied_Cuckooshrike
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.