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Barred Cuckoo-shrike

(Coracina lineata)
Alternate name(s): "Yellow-eyed Cuckoo-shrike", "Swainson's Cuckoo-shrike"
Size: 24-26 cm
Weight: 100 g (average)

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Barred Cuckoo-shrike at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

Race "lineata"

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lake Morris, QLD, July 2013]

Frontal/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Dayboro, QLD, November 2019]

Near-frontal view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of E. Scott)
[Roseberry Creek Valley, near Toonumbar NP, northern NSW, January 2017]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of R. Russell)
[Mount Molloy, QLD, October 2013]

Near-lateral/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Lake Morris, QLD, July 2013]

Lateral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Anstead Reserve, Anstead, QLD, December 2019]

Lateral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Anstead Reserve, Anstead, QLD, December 2019]

Lateral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Dayboro, QLD, November 2019]

Lateral/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Dayboro, QLD, November 2019]

Near-dorsal view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Anstead Reserve, Anstead, QLD, December 2019]

Dorsal/ventral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Dayboro, QLD, November 2019]

IMMATURE/JUVENILE

Frontal view of two Barred Cuckoo-shrikes - an adult (top) and an juvenile bird (bottom) that was still fed by its parents on figs from a Moreton Bay Figtree (photo courtesy of T. Morris)
[Port Macquarie, NSW, March 2013]

Food, Diet

Adults: Rainforest fruit Dependents: Rainforest fruit Water intake: ?

As far as known to us, Barred Cuckoo-shrikes feed exclusively on fruit.

Lateral view of a Barred Cuckoo-shrike with its next meal (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Anstead Reserve, Anstead, QLD, December 2019]

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