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The South Melanesian Cuckooshrike (Coracina caledonica) is an uncommon species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is found in New Caledonia, Bougainville Island, the Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The species is a large (32–37 cm) cuckoo-shrike with a long square tail and all over dark grey plumage. The eye of adults is yellow, whereas that of the juvenile is dark. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Campephagidae
Genus:
Coracina
Scientific:
Coracina caledonica
Citation:
(Gmelin, JF, 1788)
Reference:
Syst.Nat. p.367
Protonym:
Corvus caledonicus
Avibase ID:
795072F59760A2CD
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/795072F5
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559442
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): South Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): South Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike (South) ( Coracina caledonica [caledonica Group]) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): South Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): South Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 3] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: South Melanesian Cuckooshrike ( Coracina caledonica) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Coracina caledonica [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Coracina [caledonica or welchmani]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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