Cuckoo-shrikes (Campephagidae)
Wallacean Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina personata) - HBW 10, p. 70
French: Échenilleur wallacéen
German: Wallaceraupenfänger
Spanish: Oruguero de Wallacea
Other common names: Timor/Lesser Sunda Cuckoo-shrike (personata); Kai Cuckoo-shrike (pollens)
Taxonomy: Ceblepyris personata S. Müller, 1843, Timor.
Forms a superspecies with C. macei, C. javensis, C. schistacea, C. atriceps, C. fortis, C. welchmani, C. caledonica and C. novaehollandiae, possibly also including C. caeruleogrisea; all were formerly treated as conspecific. Has been suggested that C. fortis is conspecific with present species. Races pollens and unimodus sometimes treated as representing a separate species; floris and sumbensis also sometimes given species status. Putative race lettiensis (from Leti, Moa and Sermata), supp.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with C. macei, C. javensis, C. schistacea, C. atriceps, C. fortis, C. welchmani, C. caledonica and C. novaehollandiae, possibly also including C. caeruleogrisea; all were formerly treated as conspecific. Has been suggested that C. fortis is conspecific with present species. Races pollens and unimodus sometimes treated as representing a separate species; floris and sumbensis also sometimes given species status. Putative race lettiensis (from Leti, Moa and Sermata), supposedly with weaker bill, considered insufficiently distinct from nominate. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- floris (Sharpe, 1878) - W Lesser Sunda Is (Sumbawa, Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Besar).
- sumbensis (A. B. Meyer, 1882) - Sumba.
- alfrediana (Hartert, 1898) - E Lesser Sundas (Lomblen, Alor).
- floris (Sharpe, 1878) - W Lesser Sunda Is (Sumbawa, Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Besar).
- sumbensis (A. B. Meyer, 1882) - Sumba.
- alfrediana (Hartert, 1898) - E Lesser Sundas (Lomblen, Alor).
- personata (S. Müller, 1843) - Roti, Semau, Timor, Wetar, Romang, Leti, Moa and Sermata.
- unimodus (P. L. Sclater, 1883) - Tanimbar Is (Yamdena, Larat, Loedoe).
- pollens (Salvadori, 1874) - Kai Is.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A female in a tree and flying away. Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (ssp personata)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 22 weeks ago 21 sec 3.4 -
An adult at the nest, with a fairly large chick sitting on the top of it Locality Kai Islands, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp pollens)
Ron Hoff 19 August 2007 4 years ago 36 sec 2 -
An adult tending a chick on the nest, situated on an exposed, dead branch about 8 m high Locality Kai Kecil, Kai Islands, Maluku Islands (Indonesia) (ssp pollens)
Ron Hoff 30 July 2007 4 years ago 31 sec 2
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A bird on a fruiting tree.
Locality Tanimbar Islands, Lesser Sundas (ssp unimodus)
mehdhalaouate 23 August 2006 2 years ago 3 -
A female perched in a tree.
Locality Wetar, Lesser Sundas (ssp personata)
Josep del Hoyo 25 October 2011 12 weeks ago 2.3
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