Large cuckooshrike

Large cuckooshrike
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Coracina macei
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At Bannerghatta NP, Bangalore, India
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Coracina
Species:	C. macei
Binomial name
Coracina macei (Lesson, 1830)

The large cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. They are mostly insectivorous and usually fly just above the forest canopy. They have a loud call klu-eep and have a characteristic habit of shrugging their closed wings shortly after landing on a perch.

References

• Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macei).jpg

  Large cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) at Dobanki in Sundarban Tiger Reserve in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, India.

• Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) at Jayanti, Duars W IMG 5954.jpg

  At Jayanti in Buxa Tiger Reserve in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India

• Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) (Male) carrying food for Juveniles at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 251.jpg

  Male carrying food for juveniles at Jayanti

• Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) (Immature) at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 246.jpg

  Immature at Jayanti

• Large Cuckooshrike (Coracina macie) (Immature) asking for food at Jayanti, Duars W Picture 248.jpg

  Immature asking for food at Jayanti