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Alternative name: Dark-grey Cuckoo-shrike

Photo by Rajiv Lather
Nainital, India
Lalage melaschistos

Coracina melaschistos

Identification

Male

  • Dark grey upperparts
  • Grey underparts
  • Black wings and tail.

Female

  • Paler
  • Faint barring on underside.

Distribution

Pakistan, India, north-eastern Myanmar, China and south-east Asia.

Taxonomy

Formerly placed in the genus Coracina.

Subspecies

There are 4 subspecies[1]:

  • L. m. melaschistos:
  • L. m. avensis:
  • L. m. intermedia:
  • L. m. saturata:

Habitat

Open forest and groves.

Behaviour

Diet

The diet includes invertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2015. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2015, with updates to August 2015. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Wikipedia

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