black-winged cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) Description
English: Black-winged Cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) at Thai/Myanmar Border. Doi Pha Hom Pok National Park, Chiang Mai Thailand. Tallest point 2,285 metres above sea level
Date 13 February 2013, 16:26:55
Source Flickr: Black-winged Cuckooshrike http://flickr.com/photos/79492850@N00/8473963482
Author Jason Thompson https://www.flickr.com/people/79492850@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-winged_Cuckooshrike.jpg
The black-winged cuckooshrike or lesser grey cuckoo-shrike or dark grey cuckooshrike (Coracina melaschistos) is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they ( cuckooshrikes ) are unrelated to shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Campephagidae.