Alternative name: Madagascar Cuckoo-shrike
- Coracina cinerea
Includes: Comoros Cuckoo-shrike
Identification
- Black head
- Light grey underparts
- Dark grey upperparts
Female has dark grey head.
Distribution
Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
3 subspecies recognized[1]:
- C. c. cinera in northern and eastern Madagascar
- C. c. pallida in central, western and south-western Madagascar
- C. c. cucullata on the Comoro Islands
Cucullata is sometimes split as Comoros Cuckoo-shrike, Coracina cucullata.
The birds from Moheli Island are sometimes put in the subspecies moheliensis which is not accepted by everyone[2].
Habitat
Dry and moist evergreen forests and forest edges.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of a variety of invertebrates, including beetles, butterflies and moths, crickets etc.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Madagascar Cuckooshrike. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 June 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Madagascar_Cuckooshrike
