Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Polynesian Triller (Lalage maculosa) - HBW 10, p. 107
French: Échenilleur de Polynésie
German: Südseelalage
Spanish: Oruguero Polinesio
Other common names: Spotted Triller
Taxonomy: Colluricincla maculosa Peale, 1848, Upolu, Samoa.
Sixteen subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- melanopygia Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Santa Cruz Is (Utupa, Ndeni).
- vanikorensis Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Santa Cruz Is (Vanikoro).
- modesta Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - N & C Vanuatu (Espíritu Santo, Malo, Pauuma, Epi).
- melanopygia Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Santa Cruz Is (Utupa, Ndeni).
- vanikorensis Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Santa Cruz Is (Vanikoro).
- modesta Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - N & C Vanuatu (Espíritu Santo, Malo, Pauuma, Epi).
- ultima Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - C Vanuatu (Efaté I).
- rotumae Neumann, 1927 - Rotuma I (N of Fiji).
- mixta Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - NW & C Fiji Is (Yasawa, Naviti, Yadua, Ovalau, Mathuata, Mathathoni Levu).
- woodi Wetmore, 1925 - N Fiji (Vanua Levu, Kioa, Taveuni, Qamea).
- pumila Neumann, 1927 - SW Fiji (Viti Levu).
- soror Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - SW Fiji (Kadavu).
- nesophila Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Lau Archipelago (E of Fiji).
- futunae Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Wallis and Futuna Is.
- maculosa (Peale, 1848) - Samoa (Savai’I, Upolu).
- keppeli Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Tafahi I and Niuatoputopu I (N of Tonga).
- vauana Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - N Tonga Is (Vava’u Group).
- tabuensis Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Tonga (except Vava’u Group).
- whitmeei Sharpe, 1878 - Niue I (E of Tonga).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird foraging and then perched on a high branch Locality Des Voeux Peak, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp woodi)
Luc Fazio 14 August 2007 3 years ago 23 sec 3.4 -
A male gathering nesting material on a trunk Locality Nadi Beach, Nadi, Viti Levu, Fiji (ssp pumila)
Luc Fazio 17 August 2007 3 years ago 12 sec 3 -
A male sitting on the nest Locality Kadavu, Fiji (ssp soror)
Luc Fazio 16 August 2007 3 years ago 10 sec 2.6
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Single feeding on freshly-mowed grass Locality Matei, Taveuni, Fiji (ssp woodi)
Tom Tarrant 12 June 2008 2 years ago 3.7 -
Hunting for insects in the gounds of the hotel.
Locality Matavai Resort, Niue (ssp whitmeei)
Hickson Fergusson 18 October 2010 29 weeks ago 2.4
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