Black‑headed Cuckoo-shrike Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Lalage melanoptera
Family : Campephagidae
Order : Passeriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Deciduous forest
Description : The Black-headed Cuckooshrike Male has pale grey body with a dark slaty-gray head with white on the belly.Wings are darker. Female birds lack the black hood. Immature similar to female.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
-
Aegithina tiphia
(Common Iora) -
Corvus macrorhynchos
(Large‑billed Crow) -
Dicrurus paradiseus
(Greater Racquet‑tailed Drongo) -
Pericrocotus ethologus
(Long‑tailed Minivet) -
Terpsiphone paradisi
(Indian Paradise-flycatcher) -
Lanius tephronotus
(Grey‑backed Shrike) -
Pericrocotus divaricatus
(Ashy Minivet) -
Dicrurus hottentotus
(Hair‑crested Drongo) -
Dicrurus annectans
(Crow‑billed Drongo) -
Lanius schach
(Long‑tailed Shrike)
Species groups
-
Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Seam Ferdous Emon,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source:www.birds.cornell.edu, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Marc Anderson(www.xeno-canto.org/Marc Anderson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.
description written by:Seam Ferdous Emon,Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka;information source:www.birds.cornell.edu, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;bird song owner:Marc Anderson(www.xeno-canto.org/Marc Anderson), bird sound copyright reserved according to www.xeno-canto.org rules; more information, please contact us.