Blackish Cuckooshrike
Edolisoma coerulescens
A medium-sized bird of lowland and foothill forest. Slender, with a medium-length bill and tail. The male is entirely black with some blue gloss on the back and crown. Female is slaty-gray with a blackish face and tail. Female is similar to Black-bibbed Cuckooshrike, but larger and more uniformly dark gray in color. The black male differs from other black birds like Philippine Fairy-Bluebird and Asian Glossy-Starling by its dark rather than red eye. Song is a forceful, descending whistle, “tiiuuuu!”
Taxonomy
- Scientific name
- Edolisoma coerulescens
- Authority
- (Blyth, 1842)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Edolisoma
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Conservation
- Population trend
- stable
Photos
Distribution
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