North Melanesian Cuckooshrike

North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species: C. welchmani
Binomial name
Coracina welchmani
(Tristram, 1892)

The North Melanesian Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina welchmani)[1] is a species of bird in the cuckoo-shrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands, specifically Santa Isabel Island.[2][3] It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of Coracina caledonica.[4][5] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

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