Black-winged cuckooshrike
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C. melaschistos
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The black-winged cuckooshrike or lesser grey cuckoo-shrike or dark grey cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they ( cuckooshrikes ) are unrelated to shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa.
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Distribution
They breed in summer in mountains from 300-2450 meters and migrate altitudinally or south in winter. It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances south west to northern parts of peninsular India and east to Orissa and Bengal but may travel as far south as Kerala).
Habitat: Breeds in deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen forest but winters in open forest, groves, singly or in pairs. They are also known to join mixed feeding parties. Their diet consists mainly of caterpillars, beetles and other bugs.
Description
A medium sized, dark cuckoo-shrike with unbarred, grey underparts.
- Male: dark grey above; contrasting black wings and tail. Wide white feather tips on underside of tail.
- Female: Palers with faint barring on underside[3]
- Call: Loud twit twit to we, descending in scale.
- Diet: mainly invertebrates.
- Nests in tree.
References
- ↑ Taylor, B. (2005). Black-winged Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melaschistos). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.) (2014). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from http://www.hbw.com/node/57880 on 7 March 2015).
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Gallery
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Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) on Peepal (Ficus religiosa) at Jayanti, Duars W IMG 5686.jpg
on Banyan Ficus benghalensis at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) on Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 411.jpg
on Banyan Ficus benghalensis at Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India.
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