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Buru Cuckooshrike Coracina fortis Scientific name definitions

Barry Taylor
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2005

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Originally Appeared in

HBW Alive

Field Identification

35·5 cm. Male is grey above, with black lores, eye region and chin; rectrices blackish, outermost grey-tipped, centre two as upperparts; throat and underparts grey, paler than upperparts, undertail-coverts ashy white; iris dark; bill and legs black. Differs from C. personata in larger size, less extensive black on head, slightly paler abdomen and undertail-coverts. Female is like male, but lores dusky, undertail-coverts purer white. Juvenile and immature undescribed.

Systematics History

Perhaps conspecific with C. personata, but treatment as a separate species seems preferable, especially as present species approaches C. caeruleogrisea in appearance. Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

Buru, in S Moluccas.

Habitat

Lowland, montane and monsoon forest, including disturbed areas, to 1500 m.

Movement

None reported.

Diet and Foraging

No information.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

No information.

Breeding

Nestling recorded in early Feb. No other information.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife NT Near Threatened
Not globally threatened. Currently considered Near-threatened. ­Restricted-range species: present in Buru EBA. Confined to a single island. Poorly known. Was regarded as unobtrusive but not particularly rare in 1981–1982, but by 1989 was sufficiently rarely encountered for no density estimates to be possible. In 1995–1996 only 14 birds were found, at three localities, suggesting that it is very local. Probably little affected by recent habitat changes, because it occurs in disturbed habitat and appears to prefer higher-altitude forest with open understorey.
Distribution of the Buru Cuckooshrike - Range Map
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Distribution of the Buru Cuckooshrike

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Recommended Citation

Taylor, B. (2020). Buru Cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.burcus1.01
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