Coracina

Black-faced cuckooshrike Coracina novaehollandiae, copyright Brett Donald.

Belongs within: Campephagidae.
Contains: Coracina papuensis.

Coracina, cuckooshrikes, is a genus of insectivorous birds, most diverse in insular southeast Asia and Australasia, with predominantly grey plumage and often more or less dark faces.

Coracina Vieillot 1816CC10 [incl. Ceblepyris Cuvier 1816B94, Graucalus Cuvier 1816B94; Ceblepyridae, Graucalidae]
    |--+--C. cinereaJT12
    |  `--+--C. pectoralisBKB15
    |     `--+--C. caesiaBKB15
    |        `--C. graueri Neumann 1908BKB15, L03
    `--+--+--C. caeruleogriseaJT12
       |  |    |--C. c. caeruleogriseaL03
       |  |    `--C. c. adamsoni Mayr & Rand 1936L03
       |  `--C. longicaudaJT12
       `--+--C. temminckiiJT12
          `--+--C. lineata (Swainson 1825)BKB15, L03 [=Paragraucalus lineatusL03]
             |    |--C. l. lineata [incl. Paragraucalus lineatus austini Mathews 1916]L03
             |    |--C. l. gracilis Mayr 1931L03
             |    |--C. l. makirae Mayr 1935L03
             |    |--C. l. malaitae Mayr 1931L03
             |    `--C. l. ombriosa (Rothschild & Hartert 1905) [=Graucalus pusillus ombriosus]L03
             `--+--+--C. bicolorBKB15
                |  `--C. maxima (Rüppell 1839)JT12, L03 (see below for synonymy)
                `--+--C. boyeriJT12
                   `--+--C. atricepsBKB15
                      |--C. welchmaniBKB15
                      `--+--C. novaehollandiae (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, CC10 (see below for synonymy)
                         |    |--C. n. novaehollandiae [incl. C. melanops tasmanica Mathews 1911]L03
                         |    |--C. n. melanops (Latham 1802)L03 (see below for synonymy)
                         |    `--C. n. subpallida Mathews 1912L03 [incl. C. gascoynensis Ashby 1930WS48]
                         `--+--C. ingens (Rothschild & Hartert 1914)BKB15, L03 (see below for synonymy)
                            `--+--*C. papuensisCC10, BKB15
                               `--+--C. caledonicaBKB15 [=Graucalus caledonicusS13]
                                  |    |--C. c. caledonicaL03
                                  |    |--C. c. bougainvillei (Mathews 1928) [=Artamides welchmani bougainvillei]L03
                                  |    |--C. c. kulambangrae Rothschild & Hartert 1916L03
                                  |    `--C. c. seiuncta Mayr & Ripley 1941L03
                                  `--+--+--C. maceiJT12 [=Graucalus maceiL03]
                                     |  |    |--C. m. maceiL03
                                     |  |    `--C. m. larvivorus (Hartert 1910) [=Graucalus macei larvivorus]L03
                                     |  `--C. striataJT12
                                     |       |--C. s. striataL03
                                     |       |--C. s. bungurensis (Hartert 1894) [=Graucalus bungurensis]L03
                                     |       |--C. s. difficilis (Hartert 1895) [=Graucalus sumatrensis difficilis]L03
                                     |       |--C. s. enganensis (Salvadori 1892) [=Graucalus enganensis]L03
                                     |       |--C. s. guillemardi (Salvadori 1886) (see below for synonymy)L03
                                     |       |--C. s. sumatrensis (Müller 1843) [incl. Graucalus crissalis Salvadori 1894]L03
                                     |       `--C. s. vordermani (Hartert 1901) [=Graucalus vordermani]L03
                                     `--+--C. schistaceaBKB15
                                        `--+--C. larvataBKB15
                                           |    |--C. l. larvataL03
                                           |    `--C. l. normani (Sharpe 1887) [=Graucalus normani]L03
                                           `--C. leucopygiaBKB15
Coracina incertae sedis:
  ‘Graucalus’ azureusPB27
  ‘Ceblepyris’ canaS66
  C. fortisJT12
  C. javensisJT12
  ‘Graucalus’ lifuensisS13
  C. melasJT12
    |--C. m. melasL03
    |--C. m. goodsoni (Mathews 1928) [=Edolisoma melan goodsoni]L03
    |--C. m. meeki (Rothschild & Hartert 1903) [=Edoliisoma melas meeki]L03
    |--C. m. tommasonis (Rothschild & Hartert 1903) [=Edoliisoma melas tommasonis]L03
    `--C. m. waigeuense (Stresemann & Paludan 1932) [=Edolisoma melan waigeuense]L03
  C. parvulaJT12
  C. personataJT12
    |--C. p. personataL03
    `--C. p. alfrediana (Hartert 1898) [=Graucalus floris alfredianus]L03
  C. schisticepsJT12
    |--C. s. schisticepsL03
    `--C. s. vittatum (Rothschild & Hartert 1914) [=Edolisoma schisticeps vittatum]L03

Coracina ingens (Rothschild & Hartert 1914)BKB15, L03 [=Graucalus papuensis ingensL03, C. papuensis ingensL03]

Coracina maxima (Rüppell 1839)JT12, L03 [=Ceblepyris maximaWS48, Pteropodocys maximaWS48; incl. Pteropodocys maxima neglecta Mathews 1912L03, P. maxima pallida Mathews 1912L03]

Coracina novaehollandiae (Gmelin 1789)BKB15, CC10 [=Turdus novaehollandiaeCC10; incl. Colluricincla concinna Hutton 1871CC10, Graucalus concinnusCC10]

Coracina novaehollandiae melanops (Latham 1802)L03 [=Corvus melanopsWS48, Graucalus melanopsCC10; incl. Coracina novaehollandiae connectens Mathews 1912L03, Coracina novaehollandiae didimus Mathews 1912L03, Coracina novaehollandiae kuehni Hartert 1916L03, Coracina novaehollandiae westralensis Mathews 1912L03]

Coracina striata guillemardi (Salvadori 1886) [=Graucalus guillemardi, Artamides guillemardi]L03

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[CC10] Checklist Committee (OSNZ). 2010. Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica 4th ed. Ornithological Society of New Zealand and Te Papa Press: Wellington.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[L03] LeCroy, M. 2003. Type specimens of birds in the American Museum of Natural History. Part 5. Passeriformes: Alaudidae, Hirundinidae, Motacillidae, Campephagidae, Pycnonotidae, Irenidae, Laniidae, Vangidae, Bombycillidae, Dulidae, Cinclidae, Troglodytidae, and Mimidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 278: 1–156.

Pilsbry, H. A., & J. Bequaert. 1927. The aquatic mollusks of the Belgian Congo, with a geographical and ecological account of Congo malacology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 53 (2): 69–602, pls 10–77.

[S13] Sarasin, F. 1913. Die Vögel Neu-Caledoniens und der Loyalty-Inseln. In: Sarasin, F., & J. Roux (eds) Nova Caledonia: Forschungen in Neu-Caledonian und auf den Loyalty-Inseln. A. Zoologie vol. 1 pt 1 pp. 1–78, pls 1–3. C. W. Kreidels Verlag: Wiesbaden.

[S66] Schlegel, H. 1866. Communication from, on mammals and birds collected in Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 419–426.

[WS48] Whittell, H. M., & D. L. Serventy. 1948. A systematic list of the birds of Western Australia. Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Special Publication 1: 1–126.

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