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Boyer's Cuckooshrike

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Photo by mehdhalaouateNimbokrang, Papua New Guinea, May 2004
Photo by mehdhalaouate
Nimbokrang, Papua New Guinea, May 2004
Coracina boyeri

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[edit] Identification

Male

  • Warm grey
  • Dark mask

[edit] Distribution

Southeast Asia: found in Indonesia
Australasia: Papua New Guinea, New Guinea

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

There are 2 subspecies:

  • C. b. boyeri:
  • Misool, Yapen, Salawati islands and western New Guinea
  • C. b. subalaris:

An additional subspecies, subaxillaris, is generally considered invalid[2].

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and mangrove forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

[edit] External Links

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