Coracina

Coracina is a large genus of birds in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae.

Coracina
Black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina Vieillot, 1816
Type species
Corvus papuaensis Gmelin, JF, 1788
Species
see article.

Large cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)

The genus was introduced by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816.^[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the white-bellied cuckooshrike by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850–1851.^[2][3] The name Coracina is from the Ancient Greek korakinos meaning "little raven", a diminutive of korax meaning "raven".^[4]

The genus formerly included many more species. It was split based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2010. A major clade was moved to the resurrected genus Edolisoma and a smaller group of Asian and Indian Ocean species moved to the genus Lalage.^[5][6]

The genus contains the following 28 species:^[6]

• Stout-billed cuckooshrike, Coracina caeruleogrisea
• Hooded cuckooshrike, Coracina longicauda
• Cerulean cuckooshrike, Coracina temminckii
• Pied cuckooshrike, Coracina bicolor
• Ground cuckooshrike, Coracina maxima
• Barred cuckooshrike, Coracina lineata
• Black-faced cuckooshrike, Coracina novaehollandiae
• Boyer's cuckooshrike, Coracina boyeri
• Buru cuckooshrike, Coracina fortis
• Wallacean cuckooshrike, Coracina personata
• North Melanesian cuckooshrike, Coracina welchmani (split from C. caledonica)
• South Melanesian cuckooshrike, Coracina caledonica (formerly Melanesian cuckooshrike before split)
• Bar-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina striata
• Mindoro cuckooshrike, Coracina mindorensis (split from C. striata)
• Visayan cuckooshrike, Coracina panayensis (split from C. striata)
• Mindanao cuckooshrike, Coracina kochii (split from C. striata)
• Sulu cuckooshrike, Coracina guillemardi (split from C. striata)
• Indian cuckooshrike, Coracina macei (formerly large cuckooshrike before spit)
• Oriental cuckooshrike, Coracina javensis (formerly Javan cuckoostrike. Includes 5 subspecies previously in C. macei)
• Malayan cuckooshrike, Coracina larutensis (split from C. macei)
• Andaman cuckooshrike, Coracina dobsoni
• Slaty cuckooshrike, Coracina schistacea
• White-rumped cuckooshrike, Coracina leucopygia
• Sunda cuckooshrike, Coracina larvata
• White-bellied cuckooshrike, Coracina papuensis
• Manus cuckooshrike, Coracina ingens
• Moluccan cuckooshrike, Coracina atriceps
• Halmahera cuckooshrike, Coracina parvula