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Coracina

Genus of birds

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Taxonomy

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

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.

The genus contains the following 27 species:

  • 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
  • Moluccan cuckooshrike, Coracina atriceps
  • Halmahera cuckooshrike, Coracina parvula

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