Coracina maxima / Ground cuckooshrike (Coracina maxima)

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Beschreibung

Systematik: Gattung Coracina (Coracina); Familie Campephagidae (Campephagidae)
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Coracina maxima is one of 81 species in the family Campephagidae, 7 of which occur in Australia.^[1] The family can be divided into 2 groups, one of which contains 13 of the 81 species, and occur only in Asia. The other group, which includes genus Coracina (cuckoo-shrikes, cicadabirds and trillers), occur in Africa, southern and Southeast Asia, Australia and islands in the west Pacific.^[1] Occurring in Australia are four species of cuckoo-shrike. The black-faced cuckoo-shrike (Coracina novaehollandiae), a common species in Australia that occurs throughout all of Australia.^[2] The white-bellied cuckoo-shrike (Coracina papuensis), uncommon and only occurring in the northern parts of the Northern Territory, as well as most of Queensland and Victoria and the eastern side of NSW.^[2] The barred cuckoo-shrike (Coracina lineata) is a rare species and only occurs along the east coast of Queensland, and parts of the NSW coast.^[2] These three cuckoo-shrikes all occur in other countries including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.^[2] The ground cuckoo-shrike is an uncommon species and is endemic to Australia, occurring in parts of all the main land Australian states and territories.^[1] [mehr]