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Alternative name: Dark-grey Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina melaschistos
Photo by Rajiv Lather
Nainital, India

Identification

Male

  • Dark grey upperparts
  • Grey underparts
  • Black wings and tail.

Female

  • Paler
  • Faint barring on underside.

Distribution

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

Taxonomy

Subspecies[1]

There are 4 subspecies.

  • C. m. melaschistos:
  • C. m. avensis:
  • C. m. intermedia:
  • C. m. saturata:

Habitat

Open forest and groves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes invertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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