Coracina

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Coracina
File:Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike westend apr05.jpg
Black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae)
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Coracina

Vieillot, 1816
Species

49 recognized species, see article.

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Coracina is a large genus of bird in the Campephagidae family. A revision of this genus may be involved since the group is found to be polyphyletic in relation to other genera within the Campephagidae.[1] It contains the following 49 species:

References

  1. Knud A. Jønsson, Martin Irestedt, Jerome Fuchs, Per G.P. Ericson, Les Christidis, Rauri C.K. Bowie, Janette A. Norman, Eric Pasquet, Jon Fjeldsa (2008) Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47:221–236


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