Black-winged Cuckooshrike

Latin Name: 
Coracina melaschistos
Size: 
24cm
Description: 

Smaller, darker cuckooshrike; adult male has dark grey head, mantle, breast; black wings; paler grey belly, vent; tail feathers tipped white, giving impression of large white spots; darkest of the cukooshrikes; female paler grey; faint barring on undersides; sometimes has white ring above and below eye; racial variations; singly, or in pairs; gregarious; often joins other insectivores in bird waves; arboreal; actively hunts for insects in foliage of upper forest storeys, occasionally in undergrowth.

Habitat: 
Open deciduous forest; secondary forest; forest edge; groves.
Food: 
Largely insects, larvae; possibly fruit, nectar.
Distribution: 
Mountains from Pakistan to Myanmar. Moves lower in winter
Call: 
Call Description: 
tuwee tuwee tuwee; tweet tweet tweet; peeoo peeoo peeoo.
National Status: