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Halmahera Cuckooshrike Celebesia parvula 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

25 cm. Male is predominantly dark bluish-grey; glossy black on narrow forehead band, side of head, chin and throat; primaries black; central two rectrices dark bluish-grey, others black with grey at base, outermost with grey terminal spot; underwing-coverts white; iris apparently dark; bill black; legs dusky. Differs from C. abbotti in grey (not white) underparts, much larger size. Female undescribed. Juvenile and immature undescribed.

Systematics History

May be closer to Celebesica abbotti than to current congeners. Placed tentatively in Lalage by some recent authors (1). Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Distribution

Halmahera, in N Moluccas.

Habitat

Primary forest and selectively logged hill forest, at 100–900 m.

Movement

No information.

Diet and Foraging

Food presumably insects. Frequents forest canopy and exposed perches in tops of dead trees, from which it sallies.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

A series of rapidly repeated staccato, chattering notes, slowing, descending and tailing off towards end.

Breeding

No information.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Restricted-range species: present in Northern Maluku EBA. Extremely poorly known; appears to be local and uncommon in lowlands and more numerous above 700 m. Its numbers must have suffered from habitat destruction, but it does tolerate selectively logged forest.
Distribution of the Halmahera Cuckooshrike - Range Map
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Distribution of the Halmahera Cuckooshrike

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Recommended Citation

Taylor, B. (2020). Halmahera Cuckooshrike (Celebesia parvula), 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.halcus1.01
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