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Coracina parvula

Celebesia parvula

[edit] Identification

25cm. A dark Cuckoo-shrike.

• Dark bluish-grey plumage
• Glossy black narrow forehead band, side of head, chin and throat
• Black primaries
• White underwing-coverts
• Dark eye
• Black bill, dusky legs

Females and juveniles undescribed.

[edit] Similar species

Pygmy Cuckoo-shrike has white underparts and is much smaller.

[edit] Distribution

Endemic to Halmaher in the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia.
Poorly known restricted-range species. Seems to be local and uncommon.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
It's sometimes placed in genus Celebesia.
Has been treated as subspecies of Sunda Cuckoo-shrike or Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike.

[edit] Habitat

Primary and selectively logged forest. Occurs at 100 - 900m.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds probably on insects.
Often seen on exposed perches from where it sallies.
No information about breeding.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Del Hoyo, J, A Elliot, and D Christie, eds. 2005. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 10: Cuckoo-Shrikes to Thrushes. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions. ISBN 978-8487334726
3. Avibase

• List of references

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