North Melanesian cuckooshrike

The north Melanesian cuckooshrike (Coracina welchmani)[2] is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of Coracina caledonica.[3][4] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

North Melanesian cuckooshrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species:
C. welchmani
Binomial name
Coracina welchmani
(Tristram, 1892)

References

  1. BirdLife International. 2017. Coracina welchmani (amended version of 2016 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103694187A112321701. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T103694187A112321701.en. Downloaded on 19 July 2018.
  2. Worldbirdnames.org Archived 2009-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Avibase.bsc-eoc.org
  4. "Fatbirder.com". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2010-10-09.
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