Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Lalage melanoptera
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Lalage
- eBird Code
- bkhcus1
Taxonomy Changes
Coracina melanoptera → Lalage melanoptera
Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Ashwin A · CC_BY_4_0
Subspecies (2)
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Lalage melanoptera melanoptera
breeds northern India (northern Punjab and Uttar Pradesh); winters to Myanmar
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Lalage melanoptera sykesi
central and southern India and Sri Lanka
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.