Large Cuckoo-shrike

Large Cuckoo-shrike

Taxobox
name = Large Cuckoo-shrike


image_caption = at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Campephagidae
genus = "Coracina"
species = "C. macei"
binomial = "Coracina macei"
binomial_authority = (Lesson, 1830)

The Large Cuckoo-shrike "Coracina macei" is a species of cuckooshrike found in south and south east Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call "Klu-eep" and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on a perch.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

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