White-bellied Cuckooshrike at Quaama, NSW
Identification history
| Coracina (Coracina) papuensis | 23 Dec 2019 | MaxCampbell | ||
| Coracina (Coracina) papuensis | 22 Dec 2019 | MaxCampbell | ||
| Coracina novaehollandiae | 22 Dec 2019 | FionaG |
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User's notes
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike, Juvenile Male?
5 comments
MaxCampbell
wrote:
22 Dec 2019
Hi Fiona, I'm not very confident on this as the bird has idiosyncratic looking markings. I don't think it can be a black-faced as the black mask does not extend back behind the eye. I think it might be a White-bellied cuckoo-shrike ssp robusta intermediate between light and dark morph. The Australian Bird Guide (Menkhorst et al) says "Many intermediates occur." I'd like to see what the other moderators think.
FionaG
wrote:
22 Dec 2019
Thank you Max. I wasn't certain either. I thought it interesting that the dark shadings differ on the side of the face as well as the crescent on the chest. That is what led me to think it was a male juvenile in the middle of getting his colouring.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
23 Dec 2019
I'd agree with papuensis. The lack of post-ocular mask pretty much clinches it, despite a rather odd mix of other markings.
FionaG
wrote:
23 Dec 2019
Unfortunately, no. There were two, the second I only caught a glimpse in flight but neither made a call.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.892790-36.462132
- Places Quaama, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 21 Dec 2019 07:58 PM Recorded on
- FionaG Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Intermediate size Other Birds FionaG South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Coracina papuensis Scientific name
- White-bellied Cuckooshrike Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 606.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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Synonyms
Coracina (Coracina) papuensis
