Ground Cuckooshrike
Coracina maxima(Rüppell, WPES, 1839)
English (US) Ground Cuckooshrike
The Ground Cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Campephagidae (Cuckooshrikes) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mainland Australia (except Cape York Peninsula, wet southwest and southeast, Pilbara region, and western deserts)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coracina maxima
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Ground Cuckooshrike
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ceblepyris maxima
- Described by
- (Rüppell, WPES, 1839)
- Type locality
- New Holland = New South Wales.
- Original description
- Museum Senckenbergianum: Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der beschreibenden Naturgeschichte 3 p.28 pl.3
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Cuckooshrikes
Grey Cuckooshrike
Ceblepyris caesius
White-breasted Cuckooshrike
Ceblepyris pectoralis
Stout-billed Cuckooshrike
Coracina caeruleogrisea
Hooded Cuckooshrike
Coracina longicauda
Pied Cuckooshrike
Coracina bicolor
Cerulean Cuckooshrike
Coracina temminckii
Barred Cuckooshrike
Coracina lineata
Boyer's Cuckooshrike
Coracina boyeri
Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
Coracina welchmani
White-bellied Cuckooshrike
Coracina papuensis
Moluccan Cuckooshrike
Coracina atriceps
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