Madagascan cuckooshrike

Madagascan cuckooshrike
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species: C. cinerea
Binomial name
Coracina cinerea
(Müller, 1776)

The Madagascan cuckooshrike (Coracina cinerea), also known as the ashy cuckooshrike, is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. The taxon cucullata, by most authorities considered a subspecies of the Madagascan cuckooshrike, has occasionally been considered a separate species, the Comoros cuckooshrike (Coracina cucullata).

It is found in Comoros, Madagascar, and Mayotte. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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