Black-faced Cuckooshrike vs Indian Cuckooshrike

Black-faced Cuckooshrike

Coracina novaehollandiae

Medium118 gForest

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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Indian Cuckooshrike

Coracina macei

Medium68 gForest

Adult males have a broad and well-marked eye stripe which is pale in females. The throat and breast are grey in males and the abdomen and flanks are finely barred. Females have the throat and breast also with barring which extends further down and lacks the prominent whitish vent of the male. They are mostly insectivorous but also feed on figs and forest fruits and usually fly in small groups with a bounding flight just above the forest canopy.

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Photo: Daniel Z · CC BY 4.0

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