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A medium-sized, dark cuckoo-shrike with unbarred, grey underparts. Male: dark grey above; contrasting black wings and tail. Wide white feather tips on underside of tail. Female: Palers with faint barring on underside Call: Loud twit twit to we, descending in scale. Diet: mainly invertebrates. Nests in tree.
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When to see the Black-winged Cuckooshrike
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Black-winged Cuckooshrike
The map shades 15 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Black-winged Cuckooshrike
The black-winged cuckooshrike, also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they (cuckooshrikes) are unrelated to either shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa.
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Easily confused with
Black-headed CuckooshrikeLalage melanopteraThe Black-headed Cuckooshrike is a 18-20 cm slender bird found in the Indian subcontinent with distinct sexual dimorphism.
Pied TrillerLalage nigraThe pied triller is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.
White-shouldered TrillerLalage sueuriiThe white-shouldered triller is a passerine bird belonging to the triller genus Lalage in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae.
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