Profile
In flight
Songbirds
Oriental Cuckooshrike
Coracina javensis
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
A quiet slate-gray canopy hunter that drifts undercover among the highest branches. Subtle, unhurried, easy to miss until its harsh call cuts the morning.
- Population
- widespread across South and Southeast Asia, locally uncommon
- Habitat
- tall broadleaf forest, forest edge, well-wooded gardens, mangrove edge
- Diet
- caterpillars, large insects, occasional fruit
- Size
- 0.28 m
- Wingspan
- 0.46 m
