Visayan Cuckooshrike
Coracina panayensis
Burly gray cuckooshrike with dark eyes and a heavy bill. Both male and female are gray above and barred black-and-white below; also note barred rumps. Males also have a limited dark mask. Restricted to the Western Visayas of the Philippines, inhabiting lowland and foothill forest and forest edge on Negros and Panay; likely extirpated by near-complete native forest cover loss on Masbate, Ticao, and Guimaras. Forages at middle and upper levels of forest, sometimes associating with other species. Gives scratchy, high-pitched calls, often doubled or repeated. Formerly treated as part of a more broadly-defined “Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike”.
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Coracina panayensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Coracina
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Distribution
Bird Calls
Other Birds
Veery
Catharus fuscescens
Warm-colored thrush, with bright reddish-brown tones above, buffy breast, and white belly. Spots are indistinct and washed out, concentrating on upper breast. Beautiful song is cascading spiral of flute-like notes. Found in a variety of wooded habitats, often favoring wetter areas. Winters in South and Central America; very rare in the U.S. after October, unlike Hermit Thrush.
Tessmann's Flycatcher
Fraseria tessmanni
A plain, strong-billed rainforest flycatcher that is dark gray and black on the upperparts and pale below. Sometimes shows a vague darker gray band across the breast. Scarce and local in rainforest clearings, secondary forest, overgrown plantations, and forest edge, mostly at the middle levels. Most similar to Dusky-blue Flycatcher, but has much paler underparts. Also similar to Cassin’s Flycatcher, but has paler underparts, and not strongly associated with water. Similar in coloration to Little Gray Flycatcher, but much larger and paler below. The song is pretty and thrush-like: a mixture of whistles and trills given at a conversational rhythm.
White-spotted Munia
Mayrimunia leucosticta
A small brown bird with a heavy blue bill, rufous underparts, and white spotting across the head, back, and breast. The pale buff rump is conspicuous in flight. Found in tall grassland, bamboo, savanna, and forest edges, often in pairs or small flocks. The calls are metallic “veek” and “vik” notes. The song is a fast, high-pitched metallic jumble of notes. Similar to Streak-headed Munia but paler overall, especially on the underparts, and shows large white spots across the back. Somewhat similar to Black Mannikin, but paler, with abundant white spotting.
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