White-bellied Cuckooshrike

Coracina papuensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Campephagidae
Genus
Coracina

Vocalizations

Andrew Orme · CC_BY_4_0

Subspecies (14)

  • Coracina papuensis angustifrons

    southeastern New Guinea (Huon Gulf to Hall Sound)

  • Coracina papuensis apsleyi

    north-central Australia (Tiwi Islands, off Northern Territory)

  • Coracina papuensis artamoides

    eastern Australia (central Queensland to northern New South Wales)

  • Coracina papuensis elegans

    New Georgia Group, Rendova, and Guadalcanal (central Solomon Islands)

  • Coracina papuensis eyerdami

    Malaita (central Solomon Islands)

  • Coracina papuensis hypoleuca

    northwestern Australia (Kimberley region, northern Western Australia, eastward to northwestern Queensland); populations on Tanimbar, Kai Islands (south-east Moluccas), and Aru islands (off southwestern New Guinea) probably this subspecies

  • Coracina papuensis ingens

    Admiralty Islands (Manus and Los Negros)

  • Coracina papuensis louisiadensis

    Tagula (Louisiade Archipelago, off southeastern New Guinea)

  • Coracina papuensis oriomo

    southeastern New Guinea and northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)

  • Coracina papuensis papuensis

    northern Moluccas, eastern Lesser Sundas (Kisar, Luang, and Sermata), lowlands of northern and western New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula eastward, in the north, to the Huon Gulf, and in the south to the Lorentz River), including the Raja Ampat Islands

  • Coracina papuensis perpallida

    Bougainville, Choiseul, Santa Isabel, and Florida (northern Solomon Islands)

  • Coracina papuensis robusta

    southeastern Australia (northern New South Wales to Kingston, southeastern South Australia)

  • Coracina papuensis sclaterii

    Bismarck Archipelago

  • Coracina papuensis timorlaoensis

    Tanimbar Islands (Banda Sea)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 Avibase

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.