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Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike

Coracina novaehollandiae · Family Campephagidae

Coracina novaehollandiae

Family Campephagidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Campephagidae
GBIF occurrence records
1,024,661
Countries and territories with records
26
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
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About this species

This species has 1,024,661 occurrence records from 26 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.7% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.93% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Coracina novaehollandiae combines the genus name Coracina with the species epithet novaehollandiae. The Warbla app catalog lists 22 species of the genus Coracina; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Coracina papuensis, Coracina macei and Coracina javensis.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Campephagidae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 34.3 times the family average (29,881). The family Campephagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

More birds in the family Campephagidae

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