Large cuckoo-shrike
| Large cuckooshrike | |
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| Coracina macei | |
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| At Bannerghatta NP, Bangalore, India | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Coracina |
| Species: | C. macei |
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Coracina macei (Lesson, 1830) |
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The large cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on a perch.
Large cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) at Dobanki in Sundarban Tiger Reserve in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India.
At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India
Male carrying food for juveniles at Jayanti
Immature at Jayanti
Immature asking for food at Jayanti
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