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White-rumped Cuckooshrike
- Scientific name
- Coracina leucopygia
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Habitat
- Forest mixed
- Wing shape
- Broad
- Tail shape
- Pointed
Where it came from
The White-rumped Cuckooshrike is a passerine bird endemic to the Indonesian island of Sulawesi and its surrounding satellite islands. First described by the naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1850, it belongs to the Campephagidae family, a group of birds known for their distinctively caterpillar-heavy diet and generally arboreal habits within tropical forest canopies.
The species is characterized by its broad wings and pointed tail, physical traits that have evolved to support its movement through the dense foliage of its native rainforest habitat. It is recognized by ornithologists for its specific plumage patterns and vocalizations, which differentiate it from the broader Cuckooshrike lineage found throughout the Australasian and Asian regions.
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