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”.
Identification
The Visayan cuckooshrike (Coracina panayensis) is a passerine bird in the family Campephagidae that is found on the western Visayas of the Philippines on the islands of Panay, Negros, Masbate, Guimaras and Ticao Island. The species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the bar-bellied cuckooshrike.
Taxonomy
Genus: Coracina; Family: Campephagidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Coracina panayensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Coracina
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