Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina melas) - HBW 10, p. 92
French: Échenilleur mélanure
German: Stahlraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero Negro
Other common names: (New Guinea) Black Cuckoo-shrike/Greybird
Taxonomy: Lanius melas Lesson, 1828, Dorey, north-west New Guinea.
Race batantae often merged with nominate. Species name often incorrectly given as melaena, but original name is a transliterated Greek word and thus remains invariable. Six subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- waigeuensis (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932) - Waigeo I, off NW New Guinea.
- batantae (Gyldenstolpe & Mayr, 1955) - Batanta I (W Papuan Is).
- melas (Lesson, 1828) - Salawati I (W Papuan Is) and N & W New Guinea (E to Astrolabe Bay and, in S, to R Eilanden).
- waigeuensis (Stresemann & Paludan, 1932) - Waigeo I, off NW New Guinea.
- batantae (Gyldenstolpe & Mayr, 1955) - Batanta I (W Papuan Is).
- melas (Lesson, 1828) - Salawati I (W Papuan Is) and N & W New Guinea (E to Astrolabe Bay and, in S, to R Eilanden).
- tommasonis (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903) - Yapen I, in Geelvink Bay.
- meeki (Rothschild & Hartert, 1903) - E New Guinea (E from Huon Gulf and R Fly).
- goodsoni (Mathews, 1928) - Aru Is.
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singing Locality Wewak, East Sepik, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
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