Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)

Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina caeruleogrisea) - HBW 10, p. 75

French: Échenilleur à gros bec German: Dickschnabel-Raupenfänger Spanish: Oruguero Picogrueso
Other common names: Blue-grey Cuckoo-shrike, Stout-billed Greybird

Taxonomy: Campephaga caeruleogrisea G. R. Gray, 1858, Aru Islands.
Possibly belongs to the superspecies comprised by C. macei, C. javensis, C. schistacea, C. personata, C. atriceps, C. fortis, C. welchmani, C. caledonica and C. novaehollandiae. Three subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • strenua (Schlegel, 1871) - W & C New Guinea (E to Wahgi Valley), including Yapen I.
  • caeruleogrisea (G. R. Gray, 1858) - SC New Guinea and Aru Is.
  • adamsoni Mayr & Rand, 1936 - E New Guinea.

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