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ForestCup nestMedium · 118 g
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Adult birds have a prominent black face and throat, grey plumage, white underparts and a somewhat hooked bill. The size varies between 32 cm and 34 cm. They are slow-moving, inconspicuous birds, with a shrill, screaming call, sounding like creearck.
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When to see the Black-faced Cuckooshrike
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-faced Cuckooshrike
The map shades 5 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in New Zealand.
About the Black-faced Cuckooshrike
The black-faced cuckooshrike is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in New South Wales, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.
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Easily confused with
White-bellied CuckooshrikeCoracina papuensisThis species exhibits a short black mask extending from the beak to the eyes (lores) but not beyond with a fine white rear eye-ring.
Indian CuckooshrikeCoracina maceiAdult males have a broad and well-marked eye stripe which is pale in females.
Oriental CuckooshrikeCoracina javensisThe Oriental cuckooshrike is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
Side by side: Black-faced Cuckooshrike vs White-bellied Cuckooshrike · Black-faced Cuckooshrike vs Indian Cuckooshrike
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