Alternative name: New Caledonian Mountain Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina analis
Analisoma analis
Identification
24 - 28cm.
- Leaden grey above, paler below
- Blackish alula and flight-feathers
- Rufous-chestnut underwing-coverts, bend of wing and undertail-coverts
- Orange-yellow to dark brown eye
- Blackish bill and legs
Sexes similar but females are smaller than males.
Juveniles have brownish wings and are variegated rufous-white and blackish below.
Distribution
Endemic to New Caledonia (Grand Terre and Ile des Pins).
Fairly common restricted-range species.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species.
It's sometimes placed in the genus Analisoma.
Habitat
Dense primary mountain forest above 200m.
Behaviour
No information about diet or breeding.
References
- Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
- 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
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) New Caledonian Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 11 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/New_Caledonian_Cuckooshrike
