Barred Cuckooshrike

Barred Cuckooshrike

UncommonGBIF 42.0·Dongniao Rarity Index8.48

Coracina lineata· 鹃鵙科· Passeriformes

英文名:Barred Cuckooshrike(学名:Coracina lineata),是雀形目鹃鵙科的鸟类。24–26厘米。小巧、整洁、深色的鹃鵙,具黑色面罩、浅黄色眼睛、具精细黑白相间横斑的下体;喙/腿黑色。幼鸟:眼深色;头/躯体具贝壳状鳞纹;下体近白。成对或小群:在树冠层短距离飞行捕食果实;动作敏捷、精准;轻抖双翼。集体栖宿。

Species Profile

IOC World Bird List

Barred Cuckooshrike

Coracina lineata· Cuckooshrikes, Cicadabirds, Trillers

24-26 cm. Small, neat, dark cuckoo-shrike with black mask, pale yellow eye, finely black/white barred underparts; bill/legs black. Immature: dark eye; scalloped on head/body; underparts whitish. Pairs, parties: makes short flights in canopy to seize fruit; actions quick, precise; flicks wings. Roosts communally.

Other name
Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike.
Similar Species
Oriental Cuckoo.
Voice
pleasant musical chatter, like toy mouth organ.
Habitat
rainforest; vine-scrub and margins; eucalypt forests/woodlands; clearings in secondary growth; paperbarks; timber on watercourses; native figs, other trees with fruits; plantations, gardens.
Breeding
Oct.-Jan.
Nest
saucer of fine twigs, spiders' web; on horizontal fork or branch, to 20 m.
Eggs
2; white, spotted brown, purplish grey.
Range & Status
coastal e. Aust.: breeds s. to Nambucca Heads-Port Macquarie (NSW); casual Hunter Valley. Summer breeding migrant in se. Q-ne. NSW; nomadic in response to ripening of rainforest fruit. Uncommon Q; rare NSW. Also PNG, islands.
Distribution key to races
1. Coracina lineata lineata