Coracina melaschistos
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The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they (cuckooshrikes) are unrelated to either shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa.
They breed in summer in mountains from 300–2450 meters and migrate altitudinally or south in winter. It is distributed from Northeast Pakistan through the lower Himalayan region (Uttarakhand, Nepal, Arunachal Pradesh and into the hills of NE Myanmar continuing to China and Southeast Asia. It winters in the foothills, occasionally longer distances south west to northern parts of peninsular India and east to Orissa, Bengal and Bangladesh, but may travel as far south as Kerala).
Habitat: Breeds in deciduous and broad-leaved evergreen forest but winters in open forest, groves, singly or in pairs. They are also known to join mixed feeding parties. Their diet consists mainly of caterpillars, beetles and other bugs.
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| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Khao Yai National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Royal Manas National Park | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | |
| 4 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 5 | Namdapha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 6 | Manas National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 7 | Cat Tien National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 8 | Chitwan National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 9 | Doi Inthanon National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 10 | Royal Bardia National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 11 | Kaziranga National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 12 | Langtang National Park | 🇳🇵 Nepal | |
| 13 | Jim Corbett National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 14 | Satpura National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 15 | Bandhavgarh National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 16 | Kanha National Park | 🇮🇳 India | |
| 17 | Sundarbans National Park | 🇮🇳 India |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Cuckooshrike sighting in Kathmandu on a given day, based on 208 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 99th most-seen of the 312 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
April to July
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-winged Cuckooshrike in Kathmandu on a given day, against under 5% in August to March, the lowest months. Those are among Kathmandu's wettest months, with about 140 mm of rain a month against almost none in November.
Between 2 and 5 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-winged Cuckooshrike sightings with a recorded time, and about 6 in 10 of them come between 6 pm and 6 am: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
6th of 22
Of the 22 cities where we can rate Black-winged Cuckooshrike sightings, Kathmandu ranks 6th at under 5%. The best odds are in Hanoi (Vietnam, about 10%), Wuhan (China, about 10%) and Hong Kong (China, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-winged Cuckooshrike is recorded against all the birds logged in Kathmandu (208 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
