Coracina

Coracina
Black-faced cuckooshrike ( Coracina novaehollandiae )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Corvus papuaensis Gmelin, JF, 1788
Species
see article.

Large cuckooshrike ( Coracina macei )

Coracina is a large genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

Taxonomy

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816. ^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the white-bellied cuckooshrike by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850–1851. ^{[2] [3]} The name Coracina is from the Ancient Greek korakinos meaning "little raven", a diminutive of korax meaning "raven". ^[4]

The genus formerly included many more species. It was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. A major clade was moved to the resurrected genus Edolisoma and a smaller group of Asian and Indian Ocean species moved to the genus Lalage . ^{[5] [6]}

The genus contains the following 28 species: ^[6]

• Stout-billed cuckooshrike, Coracina caeruleogrisea
• Hooded cuckooshrike, Coracina longicauda
• Cerulean cuckooshrike, Coracina temminckii
• Pied cuckooshrike, Coracina bicolor
• Ground cuckooshrike, Coracina maxima
• Barred cuckooshrike, Coracina lineata
• Black-faced cuckooshrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
• Boyer's cuckooshrike, Coracina boyeri
• Buru cuckooshrike, Coracina fortis
• Wallacean cuckooshrike, Coracina personata
• North Melanesian cuckooshrike, Coracina welchmani (split from C. caledonica)
• South Melanesian cuckooshrike, Coracina caledonica (formerly Melanesian cuckooshrike before split)
• Bar-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina striata
• Mindoro cuckooshrike, Coracina mindorensis (split from C. striata)
• Visayan cuckooshrike, Coracina panayensis (split from C. striata)
• Mindanao cuckooshrike, Coracina kochii (split from C. striata)
• Sulu cuckooshrike, Coracina guillemardi (split from C. striata)
• Indian cuckooshrike, Coracina macei (formerly large cuckooshrike before spit)
• Oriental cuckooshrike, Coracina javensis (formerly Javan cuckooshrike. Includes 5 subspecies previously in C. macei)
• Malayan cuckooshrike, Coracina larutensis (split from C. macei)
• Andaman cuckooshrike, Coracina dobsoni
• Slaty cuckooshrike, Coracina schistacea
• White-rumped cuckooshrike, Coracina leucopygia
• Sunda cuckooshrike, Coracina larvata
• White-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina papuensis
• Manus cuckooshrike, Coracina ingens
• Moluccan cuckooshrike, Coracina atriceps
• Halmahera cuckooshrike, Coracina parvula

References

1. Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1816). Analyse d'une Nouvelle Ornithologie Élémentaire (in French). Paris: Deterville/self. p. 37.
2. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1850–1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 18.
3. Mayr, Ernst; Greenway, James C. Jr, eds. (1960). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 9. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 168.
4. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . London: Christopher Helm. p.  117. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
5. Jønsson, K.A.; Bowie, R.C.K.; Nylander, J.A.A.; Christidis, L.; Norman, J.A.; Fjeldså, J. (2010). "Biogeographical history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua". Journal of Biogeography. 37 (9): 1767–1781. Bibcode:2010JBiog..37.1767J. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02328.x. S2CID   52105369.
6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 21 September 2024.