Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Manus Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina ingens) - HBW 10, p. 79

French: Échenilleur de l’Amirauté German: Admiralitätsraupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero de la Manus

Taxonomy: Graucalus papuensis ingens Rothschild and Hartert, 1914, Manus, Admiralty Islands.
Forms a superspecies with C. leucopygia and C. papuensis. Until recently, normally regarded as a race of latter, but differs notably in large size, stout bill and more slaty coloration, and probably more appropriately treated as a distinct species. Monotypic.

Distribution: Admiralty Is (Manus, Los Negros).

  • Least Concern
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