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Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Scrubland

Diet

Insects, Fruits

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Black-headed Cuckooshrike

Lalage melanoptera

Male has dark slaty-gray head, neck, and upper breast; rest of the body is pale gray, with white on the belly. Wings darker than mantle. Female lacks the black hood, and has a whitish supercilium, brownish-gray upperparts with lightly barred back and rump, and buff-white underparts with wide brown bars. Juvenile is similar to female, but upperparts barred white. Immature similar to female.

Regional Names
  • Gujarati:
    કાળા માથાનો કશ્યો, શ્યામશિર કશ્યો
  • Hindi:
    जंगली कसया
  • Kannada:
    ಕರಿತಲೆ ಕೋಗಿಲೆಕೀಚುಗ
  • Malayalam:
    കരിന്തൊപ്പി
  • Marathi:
    काळ्या डोक्याचा कुहुआ
  • Nepali:
    कालोटाउके विरहीचरी
  • Sanskrit:
    कालशीर्ष कृष्णक
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Taxanomy

PASSERIFORMES
CAMPEPHAGIDAE
Lalage melanoptera