Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Javan Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina javensis) - HBW 10, p. 70

French: Échenilleur de Java German: Javaraupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero de Java
Other common names: White-vented Greybird

Taxonomy: Ceblephyris [sic] Javensis Horsfield, 1821, Kepodang-sungu, Java.
Forms a superspecies with C. macei, C. schistacea, C. personata, C. atriceps, C. fortis, C. welchmani, C. caledonica and C. novaehollandiae, possibly also including C. caeruleogrisea; all were formerly treated as conspecific. All races of C. macei or, alternatively, only larutensis sometimes placed in present species; the decision regarding to which of the two species larutensis should be assigned is critical to the resolution of relationships of these taxa, and further study needed. Monotypic.

Distribution: Java and Bali.