Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Native to Australia, New Guinea
and the Solomon Islands...may
flock in groups of 100 birds.
Coracina novaehollandiae
(L 13")
Cattana Wetlands
Cairns
26Oct2015
Coacina means small raven;
novaehollandia in Mod Latin means
New Holland, 17th & 18th C. name for
eastern Australia
.
 
Is protected in Australia.
Is neither a cuckoo nor a
shrike ...is in the
Campephagidae family with
about 86 species.
You know that bird the black face cuckoo shrike 
He’s one who does not have a look alike 
In darkened face and cloak of silvery gray 
I see them often though not every day. 
(Francis Duggan)
© Marc
Anderson
xeno-canto
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