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The Black-headed Cuckooshrike is a 18-20 cm slender bird found in the Indian subcontinent with distinct sexual dimorphism. Males feature a dark slaty-grey hood, neck, and upper breast, contrasting with a pale grey back and white belly. They have blackish wings with grey edges and white-tipped tail feathers. The females are duller, with brownish-grey upperparts, a whitish supercilium (eyebrow), and heavily barred underparts with a dark grey bill.
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When to see the Black-headed Cuckooshrike
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-headed Cuckooshrike
The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-headed Cuckooshrike
The black-headed cuckooshrike is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
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Easily confused with
Black-winged CuckooshrikeLalage melaschistosA medium-sized, dark cuckoo-shrike with unbarred, grey underparts.
Pied TrillerLalage nigraThe pied triller is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
White-winged TrillerLalage tricolorThe white-winged triller is one of the smaller members of the cuckooshrike family, Campephagidae.
Side by side: Black-headed Cuckooshrike vs Black-winged Cuckooshrike
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