Halmahera cuckooshrike

The Halmahera cuckooshrike or Halmahera cicadabird (Coracina parvula) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in the northern Maluku Islands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

Halmahera cuckooshrike
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Campephagidae
Genus: Coracina
Species:
C. parvula
Binomial name
Coracina parvula
(Salvadori, 1878)
Synonyms

Edolisoma parvula

This species was formerly placed in the genus Edolisoma. It was moved to Coracina based on the results of a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2022.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Coracina parvulum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. ^ McCullough, J.M.; Oliveros, C.H.; Benz, B.W.; Zenil-Ferguson, R.; Cracraft, J.; Moyle, R.G.; Andersen, M.J. (2022). "Wallacean and Melanesian Islands Promote Higher Rates of Diversification within the Global Passerine Radiation Corvides". Systematic Biology. 71 (6): 1423–1439. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac044. PMID 35703981.
  3. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Bristlehead, butcherbirds, woodswallows, Mottled Berryhunter, ioras, cuckooshrikes". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 25 September 2024.