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North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
10 01 009 Coracina welchmani welchmani
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.

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