Black-headed cuckooshrike

The black-headed cuckooshrike (Lalage melanoptera) is a species of cuckooshrike found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

Black-headed cuckooshrike
Male at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Campephagidae
Genus:	Lalage
Species:	L. melanoptera
Binomial name
Lalage melanoptera (Rüppell, 1839)
Synonyms
Coracina melanoptera

Gallery

• 
  Male at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.
• 
  Male at Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India.
• 
  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 
  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 
  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 
  Female in Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• 
  Female in Hyderabad, India.
• 
  Female in Hyderabad, India.

References

1. BirdLife International (2017). "Lalage melanoptera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22706642A118732738. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T22706642A118732738.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.