Butcherbirds (Cracticidae)

Tagula Butcherbird (Cracticus louisiadensis) - HBW 14, p. 339

French: Cassican de Tagula German: Louisiadenmetzgervogel Spanish: Verdugo de Tagula
Other common names: Louisiade/Sudest/White-rumped Butcherbird

Taxonomy: Cracticus louisiadensis Tristram, 1889, Sudest Island = Tagula Island, Louisiade Archipelago, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with C. nigrogularis and C. cassicus; possibly conspecific with latter. Monotypic.

Distribution: Tagula I, in Louisiade Archipelago, off SE New Guinea.