Indian Cuckooshrike

How to identify

Field marks

1. Adult male has a broad, conspicuous eyestripe
2. Male has a gray throat and breast
3. Male has fine barring on the belly and flanks

Male, female and young

The adult male has a broad, conspicuous eyestripe, paler in the female; the female also has barring on the throat and breast that extends farther down, and lacks the male's conspicuous whitish feathering around the vent.

Voice

Populations in India give a loud “klu-eep”.

Where and when it's recorded

Indian Cuckooshrike has been recorded at 155 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 5 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Kanha NP – Mukki ZoneIndia4,968 records
2. Kanha Tiger Reserve – Mukki GateIndia1,385 records
3. Kanha NP – Kanha ZoneIndia1,356 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaMalaysiaSri LankaNepalBangladesh

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Indian cuckooshrike (Coracina macei) is a species of bird in the cuckooshrike family Campephagidae that is found on the Indian subcontinent. Formerly under the English name "large cuckooshrike" this species included many subspecies and had a large range that included Southeast Asia.

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