North Melanesian Cuckooshrike | |
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Information | |
Range | Solomon Islands, specifically Santa Isabel Island. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Passeriformes |
Family | Campephagidae |
Genus | Coracina |
Species | Coracina welchmani |
The North Melanesian cuckooshrike (Coracina welchmani), is a species of cuckooshrike in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to the Solomon Islands, specifically Santa Isabel Island. It is considered by some ornithologists to be a subspecies of the south Melanesian cuckooshrike. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.