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Lalage nigra · Family Campephagidae

Lalage nigra

Family Campephagidae

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Campephagidae
GBIF occurrence records
31,133
Countries and territories with records
9
Pied Triller
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About this species

This species has 31,133 occurrence records from 9 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Philippines (42.5%), Malaysia (23.6%), Singapore (23%) and Indonesia (8.9%); together they account for 98.1% of the total. In the Philippines, this species accounts for 0.79% of all bird records in GBIF.

The scientific name Lalage nigra combines the genus name Lalage with the species epithet nigra. The Warbla app catalog lists 20 species of the genus Lalage; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Lalage leucomela, Lalage tricolor and Lalage melanoptera.

The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Campephagidae. This species ranks 17th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Coracina novaehollandiae. Its record count is close to the family average (29,881). The family Campephagidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.

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