Coracina
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Coracina is a large genus
of bird
in the Campephagidae family. A revision of this genus may be involved since the group is found to be polyphyletic in relation to other genera within the Campephagidae.
It contains the following 49 species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of bird
Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
in the Campephagidae family. A revision of this genus may be involved since the group is found to be polyphyletic in relation to other genera within the Campephagidae.
It contains the following 49 species:
- Pygmy Cuckooshrike (Coracina abbotti)
- New Caledonian Cuckooshrike (Coracina analis)
- Moluccan Cuckooshrike (Coracina atriceps)
- Blue Cuckooshrike (Coracina azurea)
- Pied Cuckooshrike (Coracina bicolor)
- Boyer's Cuckooshrike (Coracina boyeri)
- Stout-billed Cuckooshrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea)
- Grey Cuckooshrike (Coracina caesia)
- South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica)
- Pale CicadabirdPale CicadabirdThe Pale Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
(Coracina ceramensis) - Madagascar Cuckooshrike (Coracina cinerea)
- Comoros Cuckooshrike (Coracina (cinerea) cucullata)
- Blackish Cuckooshrike (Coracina coerulescens)
- Kai CicadabirdKai CicadabirdThe Kai Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
(Coracina dispar) - Pale-shouldered Cicadabird (Coracina dohertyi)
- Lesser Cuckooshrike (Coracina fimbriata)
- Buru Cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis)
- Grauer's Cuckooshrike (Coracina graueri)
- Black-bellied Cicadabird (Coracina holopolia)
- Black-shouldered CicadabirdBlack-shouldered CicadabirdThe Black-shouldered Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea....
(Coracina incerta) - Javan Cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis)
- Sunda Cuckooshrike (Coracina larvata)
- White-rumped Cuckooshrike (Coracina leucopygia)
- Barred Cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata)
- Hooded Cuckooshrike (Coracina longicauda)
- Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima)
- McGregor's Cuckooshrike (Coracina mcgregori)
- Black-headed Cuckooshrike (Coracina melanoptera)
- Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos)
- Black Cicadabird (Coracina melas)
- Black-bibbed CicadabirdBlack-bibbed CicadabirdThe Black-bibbed Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines...
(Coracina mindanensis) - Black-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina montana)
- Sulawesi CicadabirdSulawesi CicadabirdThe Sulawesi Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
(Coracina morio) - Yap CicadabirdYap CicadabirdThe Yap Cicadabird , sometimes considered to be a distinctive subspecies of the Common Cicadabird, is a species of bird in the Cuckooshrike, or Campephagidae, family. It is endemic to Yap, a small island cluster in the western Caroline Islands, and part of the Federated States of Micronesia in the...
(Coracina nesiotis) - Reunion Cuckooshrike (Coracina newtoni)
- Black-faced Cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
- White-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina ostenta)
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis)
- Halmahera Cuckooshrike (Coracina parvula)
- White-breasted Cuckooshrike (Coracina pectoralis)
- Wallacean Cuckooshrike (Coracina personata)
- Indochinese Cuckooshrike (Coracina polioptera)
- Slaty Cuckooshrike (Coracina schistacea)
- Grey-headed Cuckooshrike (Coracina schisticeps)
- Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike (Coracina striata)
- Sula CicadabirdSula CicadabirdThe Sula Cicadabird is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is endemic to Indonesia.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
(Coracina sula) - Cerulean Cuckooshrike (Coracina temminckii)
- Slender-billed Cicadabird (Coracina tenuirostris)
- Mauritius Cuckooshrike (Coracina typica)
- North Melanesian CuckooshrikeNorth Melanesian CuckooshrikeThe North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike is a species of bird in the cuckoo-shrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands, specifically Santa Isabel Island. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of Coracina caledonica.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
(Coracina welchmani) - Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)