Boyer's cuckooshrike explained

Boyer's cuckooshrike (Coracina boyeri) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.It is widely spread across New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the French explorer Joseph Emmanuel P. Boyer.^[1]

Subspecies

Source:^[2]

• C. b. boyeri: can be distinguished by the female's lores being white
• C. b. subalaris: can be distinguished by the female's lores being gray

Notes and References

1. Book: Beolens, Bo. Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. 2003. Christopher Helm. London. 62. Watkins, Michael.
2. Diamond . Jared . Bishop . K. David . Sneider . Richard . 2019-10-10 . An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird's Neck Isthmus of New Guinea . The Wilson Journal of Ornithology . 131 . 3 . 435 . 10.1676/18-167 . 1559-4491.