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Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Lalage melanoptera (Rüppell, WPES 1839)

The black-headed cuckooshrike is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Campephagidae
Genus:
   Lalage
Scientific:
  Lalage melanoptera

Original description

Citation:
  (Rüppell, WPES 1839)

Reference:
   Mus. Senckenb. 3 p.25 pl.2 fig.1

Protonym:
  Ceblepyris melanoptera

Type locality:
  New Holland?; error = Bhadwar, Kangra District, Punjab, as fixed by Delacour, 1951, Amer. Mus. Novit., no. 1497, p. 15.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45886676

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  58BC7F5D1AD730B3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-58BC7F5D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/58BC7F5D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559461

Geographic range:

  • Lalage melanoptera melanoptera: breeds northern India (n Punjab and Uttar Pradesh); >Myanmar
  • Lalage melanoptera sykesi: central and southern India, and Sri Lanka
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Catalan:
eruguera capnegra
Czech:
housenčík indický
Danish:
Sorthovedet Gråfugl
German:
Schwarzkopf-Raupenfänger
Spanish:
Oruguero Cabecinegro
Spanish (Spain):
Oruguero Cabecinegro
Finnish:
mustapäälivertäjä
French:
Échenilleur à tête noire
Croatian:
olovastoglavi skovranj
Italian:
Averla cuculo testanera
Japanese (romaji):
zuguroasakurasanshoukui
Japanese:
ズグロアサクラサンショウクイ
Lithuanian:
Juodagalvis medšarkinis vikšralesys
Dutch:
Zwartkoprupsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svarthovudlarveetar
Norwegian:
Svarthodelarveeter
Polish:
gąsienicojad czarnogardły
Portuguese:
lagarteiro-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal):
lagarteiro-de-cabeça-preta
Russian:
Чернокрылый личинкоед-свистун
Slovak:
húseničiarka čiernohlavá
Swedish:
svarthuvad gråfågel
Ukrainian:
Шикачик чорноголовий
Chinese:
黑头鹃鵙
Chinese (Traditional):
黑頭鵑鵙

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Échenilleur à tête noire ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Échenilleur à tête noire ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Black-headed Cuckoo-Shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Black-headed Cuckoo Shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Black-headed Cuckoo Shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Coracina melanoptera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Coracina melanoptera [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Coracina melanoptera [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Coracina melanoptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Black-headed Cuckooshrike ( Lalage melanoptera) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Coracina melanoptera [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Coracina melanoptera [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: কালামাথা কাবাসি
Catalan: eruguera capnegra
Czech: Housencík cernokrídlý, housenčík indický
Danish: Sorthovedet Gråfugl
German: Schwarzkopf-Raupenfänger
English: Black headed Cuckooshrike, Black-headed Cuckoo Shrike, Black-headed Cuckooshrike, Black-headed Cuckoo-shrike, Himalayan Cuckooshrike, Large Gray Cuckooshrike, Large Grey Cuckooshrike
English, HBW: Black-headed Cuckooshrike
English (IOC): Black-headed Cuckooshrike
English (United States): Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Spanish: Oruguero Cabecinegro, Oruguero de Cabeza Negra
Spanish (Spain): Oruguero Cabecinegro
Spanish (HBW): Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Finnish: Mustapääkäpinkäinen, mustapäälivertäjä
French: Échenilleur à tête noire
Croatian: olovastoglavi skovranj
Italian: Averla cuculo testanera, Coracina testanera indiana
Japanese (romaji): zuguroasakurasanshoukui
Japanese: ズグロアサクラサンショウクイ
Scientific: Ceblepyris melanoptera, Coracina melanoptera, Coracina melanoptera melanoptera, Lalage melanoptera, Lalage melanoptera melanoptera
Lithuanian: Juodagalvis medšarkinis vikšralesys
Malayalam: കരിന്തൊപ്പി, കരിന്തൊപ്പി 
Marathi: काळ्या डोक्याचा कुहुवा
Nepali: कालोटाउके वि¦हीचरी
Dutch: Zwartkoprupsvogel, Zwartkop-rupsvogel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svarthovudlarveetar
Norwegian: Svarthodelarveeter
Polish: gąsienicojad czarnogardły, kruczyna czarnogardla, kruczyna czarnogardła, Kruczyna dekańska
Portuguese: lagarteiro-de-cabeça-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): lagarteiro-de-cabeça-preta
Russian: Черноголовый серый личинкоед, Черноголовый сорокопутовый личинкоед, Чернокрылый личинкоед-свистун
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kalu-his Kovul-saratiththa
Slovak: húseniciarka ciernohlavá, húseničiarka čiernohlavá, Húseničiarka čiernotemenná
Swedish: Svarthuvad gråfågel
Tamil: Karunthalai Kuyil Keechaan
Turkish: Kara başlı tırtılyiyen
Ukrainian: Шикачик чорноголовий
Chinese: 黑头鹃鵙
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頭鵑鵙

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