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North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina welchmani (Tristram, HB 1892)

The north Melanesian cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of Coracina caledonica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Campephagidae
Genus:
   Coracina
Scientific:
  Coracina welchmani

Original description

Citation:
  (Tristram, HB 1892)

Reference:
   Ibis (6) 4 (14) p.294

Protonym:
  Graucalus (Artamides) welchmani

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16188367

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  0A14231E84EBE00A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-0A14231E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/0A14231E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916568

Geographic range:

  • Coracina welchmani welchmani: Santa Isabel (Solomon Islands)
  • Coracina welchmani bougainvillei: Bougainville (Solomon Islands)
  • Coracina welchmani kulambangrae: Solomon Islands (Kolombangara)
  • Coracina welchmani amadonis: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Catalan:
eruguera de Welchman
Danish:
Santa Ysabel-gråfugl
German:
Solomonen-Raupenfänger
Spanish:
Oruguero de Welchman
Spanish (Spain):
Oruguero de Welchman
Finnish:
salomoninharmaakäpinkäinen
French:
Échenilleur de Welchman
Croatian:
solomonski skovranj
Japanese (romaji):
kitameraneshiaonisanshoukui
Japanese:
キタメラネシアオニサンショウクイ
Lithuanian:
šiaurinis melanezinis medšarkinis vikšralesys
Dutch:
Noord-Melanesische Rupsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Sothovudlarveetar
Norwegian:
Sothodelarveeter
Polish:
kruczyna stalowa
Portuguese:
lagarteiro-da-melanésia-setentrional
Russian:
Соломонский воронец
Slovak:
húseničiarka šalamúnska
Swedish:
nordmelanesisk gråfågel
Ukrainian:
Шикачик темний
Chinese:
北美岛鹃鵙
Chinese (Traditional):
北方美拉尼西亞鵑鵙

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
Clements, version 2021:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike (North) ( Coracina caledonica [welchmani Group]) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 3]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina welchmani) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Coracina welchmani [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Coracina [caledonica or welchmani] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: eruguera de Welchman
Danish: Santa Ysabel-gråfugl
German: Solomonen-Raupenfänger
English: Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike (North), North Melanesian Cuckooshrike, North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike, Solomon Islands Cuckooshrike
English, HBW: North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
English (IOC): North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
English (United States): North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
Spanish: Oruguero de Welchman
Spanish (Spain): Oruguero de Welchman
Spanish (HBW): North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
Finnish: salomoninharmaakäpinkäinen
French: Échenilleur calédonien (de Welchman), Echenilleur de Welchman, Échenilleur de Welchman
Croatian: solomonski skovranj
Japanese (romaji): kitameraneshiaonisanshoukui
Japanese: キタメラネシアオニサンショウクイ
Scientific: Coracina caledonica [welchmani Group], Coracina caledonica welchmani, Coracina welchmani, Coracina welchmani welchmani, Graucalus (Artamides) welchmani
Lithuanian: šiaurinis melanezinis medšarkinis vikšralesys
Dutch: Noord-Melanesische Rupsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Sothovudlarveetar
Norwegian: Sothodelarveeter
Polish: kruczyna stalowa
Portuguese: lagarteiro-da-melanésia-setentrional
Portuguese (Portugal): lagarteiro-de-welchman
Russian: Соломонский воронец
Slovak: húseničiarka šalamúnska
Swedish: nordmelanesisk gråfågel
Turkish: Kuzey Melanezya tırtılyiyeni
Ukrainian: Шикачик темний
Chinese: 北美岛鹃鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 北方美拉尼西亞鵑鵙

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