Halmahera cuckooshrike

Halmahera cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. parvula
Binomial name
Coracina parvula (Salvadori, 1878)
Synonyms
Edolisoma parvula Graucalus parvulus

The Halmahera cuckooshrike or Halmahera cicadabird (Coracina parvula) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in the northern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Edolisoma . It was moved to Coracina based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. BirdLife International. (2024). "Coracina parvula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T22706529A264315060. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22706529A264315060.en . Retrieved 26 February 2025.
2. McCullough, J.M.; Oliveros, C.H.; Benz, B.W.; Zenil-Ferguson, R.; Cracraft, J.; Moyle, R.G.; Andersen, M.J. (2022). "Wallacean and Melanesian Islands Promote Higher Rates of Diversification within the Global Passerine Radiation Corvides". Systematic Biology. 71 (6): 1423–1439. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 . PMID   35703981.
3. 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 25 September 2024.