Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Cerulean Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina temminckii) - HBW 10, p. 75
French: Échenilleur de Temminck
German: Temminckraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero de Temminck
Other common names: Sulawesi/Celebes/Temminck’s Cuckoo-shrike
Taxonomy: Ceblepyris temminckii S. Müller, 1843, Gorontalo, north Sulawesi.
Sometimes thought to form a species group with C. larvata, C. longicauda and C. parvula. Race rileyi possibly indistinguishable from tonkeana. Three subspecies tentatively recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- temminckii (S. Müller, 1843) - N Sulawesi mountains.
- rileyi Meise, 1931 - mountains of C & SE Sulawesi.
- tonkeana (A. B. Meyer, 1903) - mountains of E Sulawesi.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in a tree, killing a caterpillar Locality Tambing Lake, Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rileyi)
Josep del Hoyo 1 August 2007 4 years ago 16 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a tree above then flying away. Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rileyi)
Keith Blomerley 27 August 2011 19 weeks ago 19 sec 3 -
A bird perched in shady vegetation Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp rileyi)
Keith Blomerley 27 August 2011 19 weeks ago 16 sec 3
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One of several birds in a mixed flock.
Locality Lore Lindu National Park, Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi (ssp Coracina t. rileyi?)
David Beadle 23 October 2011 23 weeks ago 3.3
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