Black-winged Cuckoo- Shrike (Coracina melaschistos)
Order: PASSERIFORMES
Family: CAMPEPHAGIDAE Cuckoo-Shrikes, Minivets
Scientific name: Coracina melaschistos
English name: Black-winged Cuckoo- Shrike
Characteristic: "Size 23 cm. Body is predominantly grey in color, with the upperpart clearly darker than the underpart. Its tail is comparatively long and each succeeding feather edged with rhite, A female has a distinctive pale eyering,and its belly finely barred by grey scale-like pattern."
Distribution: "Confined only to Myanmer, Thailand and Indo-China."
Habitat: "perfers open areas in the dry evergreen forest, dipterocarp forest and secondary growth."
Habit: "Hunting for Insects either among the canopy or sallying in the air. After being fully fed, it will select a suitable perch and utter its loud harsh call Breeding between April - July, a female lays a clutch of 2 - 3 eggs"
Status: A rarely - encountered resident.
