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Coracina caledonica

Photo by Larry Wheatland
Parc Riviere Bleue, New Caledonia, July 2009

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Australasia: Islands of southern Melanesia (Vanuatu, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia).

[edit] Taxonomy

Formerly inclued in Melanesian Cuckooshrike together with North Melanesian Cuckooshrike.

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• C. c. thilenii:

• Espíritu Santo, Malo and Malakula Islands (Vanuatu)

• C. c. seiuncta:

• Erromango Island (Vanuatu)

• C. c. lifuensis:

• Lifou Island (Loyalty Islands)

• C. c. caledonica:

• New Caledonia

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
2. Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2010. IOC World Bird Names (version 2.7). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

• List of references

[edit] External Links