Mindoro Cuckooshrike
Coracina mindorensis
Sleek but sturdy gray bird with fierce pale eyes, endemic to the west-central Philippine islands of Mindoro, Libagao, and Tablas. Male is uniform overall, but darker on the tail, wingtips, and between the eye and bill. Female is similar, but has faint barring on the undertail. Inhabits lowland and foothill forest and forest edge, where forages at middle and upper levels, sometimes associating with other species. Calls are scratchy; often gives a doubled, rather high-pitched “whee-wheet!” Formerly treated as part of a more broadly-defined “Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike”.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Coracina mindorensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Coracina
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Distribution
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