Barred cuckooshrike

Barred cuckooshrike
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. lineata
Binomial name
Coracina lineata (Swainson, 1825)

The barred cuckooshrike (Coracina lineata), also called the yellow-eyed cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in eastern Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

• Coracina lineata lineata: Northeast Australia (east Cape York Peninsula to northeast New South Wales)
• Coracina lineata axillaris: Mountains of central New Guinea and Waigeo Island.
• Coracina lineata maforensis: Numfor Island (New Guinea)
• Coracina lineata sublineata: Bismarck Archipelago (New Ireland and New Britain)
• Coracina lineata nigrifrons: Solomon Islands (Bougainville, Choiseul and Santa Isabel)
• Coracina lineata ombriosa: Solomon Is. (Kolombangara, New Georgia Group and Rendova)
• Coracina lineata pusilla: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
• Coracina lineata malaitae: Malaita (Solomon Islands)
• Coracina lineata makirae: Makira (Solomon Islands)
• Coracina lineata gracilis: Rennell (Solomon Islands)^[2]

The holotype of Graucalus nigrifrons Tristram (Ibis, 1892, p. 294), an adult male, is held in the vertebrate zoology collection of National Museums Liverpool at World Museum, with accession number NML-VZ T16744. The specimen was collected in Bugotu, Solomon Islands, in 1890 by Dr. Welchman. The specimen came to the Liverpool national collection through the purchase of Canon Henry Baker Tristram's collection by the museum in 1896.^[3]

Gallery

• Rush Creek, SE Queensland, Australia
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  Holotype of Graucalus nigrifrons Tristram (NML-VZ T16744) held at World Museum, National Museums Liverpool

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Coracina lineata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22706511A118704006. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706511A118704006.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. "Coracina lineata (Yellow-eyed Cuckooshrike) - Avibase". avibase.bsc-eoc.org. Retrieved 2021-12-01.
3. R. Wagstaffe (1978-12-01). Type Specimens of Birds in the Merseyside County Museums (formerly City of Liverpool Museums).