White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Coracina papuensis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Chordates)
- ClassAves (Birds)
- OrderPasseriformes (Perching Birds)
- FamilyCampephagidae (Cuckooshrikes)
- GenusCoracina (Typical Cuckooshrikes)
- SpeciesCoracina papuensis (White-bellied Cuckooshrike)
About the White-bellied Cuckooshrike
The white-bellied cuckooshrike (Coracina papuensis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is found in Australia, the Moluccas, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The white-bellied cuckooshrike was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the crows in the genus Corvus and coined the binomial name Corvus papuensis. Gmelin based his description on "Le Choucari de la Nouvelle Guinée" that had been described in 1775 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon and illustrated with a hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet. The type location was restricted to Manokwari in the Indonesian province of West Papua by Erwin Stresemann in 1913. The white-bellied cuckooshrike is now one of 22 species placed in the genus Coracina that was introduced in 1816 by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot.
Fourteen subspecies are recognised. C. p. papuensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) – northern Moluccas, eastern Lesser Sunda Islands (Kisar, Luang, and Sermata), lowlands of northern and western New Guinea (Bird's Head Peninsula eastward, in the... Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Raja Ampat
Barred Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina lineata
Boyer's Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina boyeri
Black-tipped Cicadabird
Coracina schisticeps
Black-shouldered Cicadabird
Coracina incerta
Black Cicadabird
Coracina melas
Black-bellied Cuckooshrike
Coracina montana
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
Stout-billed Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina caeruleogrisea
Black-browed Triller
Lalage atrovirens
Common Cicadabird
Edolisoma tenuirostre
Golden Cuckoo-shrike
Campochaera sloetii
Willie Wagtail
Rhipidura leucophrys
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Litchfield National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Nitmiluk National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Raja Ampat | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | |
| 5 | Daintree National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Springbrook National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Lamington National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 8 | Grampians National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 9 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 10 | Noosa National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 11 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a White-bellied Cuckooshrike in Raja Ampat?
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a White-bellied Cuckooshrike sighting in Raja Ampat, based on 225 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see White-bellied Cuckooshrike in Raja Ampat?
March has the highest sighting rate for White-bellied Cuckooshrike in Raja Ampat in our monthly data.