Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Black-bibbed Cicadabird (Coracina mindanensis) - HBW 10, p. 91

French: Échenilleur à menton noir German: Philippinenraupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero Filipino
Other common names: Black-bibbed Cuckoo-shrike, Philippine Cicadabird

Taxonomy: Volvocivora mindanensis Tweeddale, 1879, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippines.
Forms a superspecies with C. morio, C. ceramensis and C. incerta, and all sometimes considered conspecific. Five subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • lecroyae Parkes, 1971 - Luzon, in N Philippines.
  • elusa (McGregor, 1905) - Mindoro.
  • ripleyi Parkes, 1971 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte and Bohol.

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  • lecroyae Parkes, 1971 - Luzon, in N Philippines.
  • elusa (McGregor, 1905) - Mindoro.
  • ripleyi Parkes, 1971 - Samar, Biliran, Leyte and Bohol.
  • mindanensis (Tweeddale, 1879) - Mindanao and Basilan.
  • everetti (Sharpe, 1893) - Sula Archipelago (Jolo, Lapac, Tawi-Tawi, Bongao), in SW Philippines.
  • Vulnerable
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