Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Hooded Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina longicauda) - HBW 10, p. 79

French: Échenilleur à longue queue German: Langschwanz-Raupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero Encapuchado
Other common names: Black-hooded/Long-tailed Cuckoo-shrike

Taxonomy: Graucalus longicauda De Vis, 1890, Musgrave Range, 7000 to 9000 feet [c. 2130-2740 m], New Guinea.
Sometimes thought to form a species group with C. larvata, C. temminckii and C. parvula. Two subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • grisea Junge, 1939 - mountains of New Guinea from Snow Mts E to Huon Peninsula and Eastern Highlands Province.
  • longicauda (De Vis, 1890) - mountains of SE New Guinea.

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