Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Samoan Triller (Lalage sharpei) - HBW 10, p. 107
French: Échenilleur des Samoa
German: Braunrückenlalage
Spanish: Oruguero de Samoa
Taxonomy: Lalage sharpei Rothschild, 1900, Upolu, Samoa.
Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Oscarornis, on grounds of its juvenile-type plumage and lack of sexual dimorphism. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tenebrosa Mayr & Ripley, 1941 - Samoa (Savai’i).
- sharpei Rothschild, 1900 - Samoa (Upolu).
- Near Threatened
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