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Oriental cuckooshrike
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species: C. javensis
Binomial name
Coracina javensis
(Horsfield, 1821)
Synonyms

Ceblephyris javensis Horsfield, 1821

The Oriental cuckooshrike (Coracina javensis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is widely distributed from the Himalayas through Southeast Asia to east China and Taiwan. It is also found on the islands of Java and Bali in Indonesia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest. The range of this species was formerly restricted to Java and Bali and had the English name "Javan cuckooshrike".

Taxonomy

Six subspecies are recognised. All except C. j. javensis were formerly considered to be subspecies of the large cuckooshrike (now renamed the Indian cuckooshrike).

  • C. j. javensis (Horsfield, 1821) – Java and Bali
  • C. j. nipalensis (Hodgson, 1836) – Himalayas from north Pakistan to northeast India and Bangladesh
  • C. j. andamana (Neumann, 1915) – Andaman Islands (west of south Myanmar)
  • C. j. siamensis (Baker, ECS, 1918) – Myanmar and south China (Yunnan) to Thailand and Indochina
  • C. j. larvivora (Hartert, EJO, 1910) – Hainan (off southeast China)
  • C. j. rexpineti (Swinhoe, 1863) – southeast China, Taiwan, north Laos and north Vietnam

References

  1. BirdLife International (2020). "Coracina javensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T183446899A173325415. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T183446899A173325415.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. Horsfield, Thomas (1821). "Systematic Arrangement and Description of Birds from the Island of Java". Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 13 (1): 145. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1821.tb00061.x.
  3. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
Taxon identifiers
Coracina javensis


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