Adult © Hans Wohlmuth
Adult dark morph © John Cantwell
Adult © Luke Seitz

White-bellied Cuckooshrike Coracina papuensis

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Identification

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Medium-sized slender bird, pale gray above, white below, with a small dark bridge between the bill and eye (lores) and faint partial white eyering. Immature lacks distinct mask of Black-faced Cuckooshrike. Dark morph shows large but variable black bib and breast, mottled or barred at the edges. Inhabits eucalypt forest and other woodlands in Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Call a high-pitched, two-note squeak.

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