Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
Coracina novaehollandiae
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 8,888
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in New South Wales, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974. They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat throughout the region, except in rainforests. But they can also occur in urban areas, and are a fairly common sight on power lines in Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Black-faced cuckooshrike”.