Halmahera cuckooshrike explained

The Halmahera cuckooshrike or Halmahera cicadabird (Coracina parvula) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in the northern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

This species was formerly placed in the genus Edolisoma. It was moved to Coracina based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. McCullough . J.M. . Oliveros . C.H. . Benz . B.W. . Zenil-Ferguson . R. . Cracraft . J. . Moyle . R.G. . Andersen . M.J. . 2022 . Wallacean and Melanesian Islands Promote Higher Rates of Diversification within the Global Passerine Radiation Corvides . Systematic Biology . 71 . 6 . 1423–1439 . 10.1093/sysbio/syac044 . free. 35703981 .
  2. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela C. Rasmussen . August 2024 . Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes . IOC World Bird List Version 14.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 25 September 2024 .

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