Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike
A species of Coracina Scientific name : Coracina striata Genus : Coracina
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike, A species of Coracina
Botanical name: Coracina striata
Genus: Coracina
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Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Description
The bar-bellied cuckooshrike is 24–32 cm (9.4–12.6 in) long. The plumage and size are variable. In the Philippines, the subspecies guillemardi and mindorensis are uniformly grey, with some black on the male's head; in striata, cebuensis, and difficilis, the male has faint barring on the rump, and the female's belly is barred black and white; in panayensis, the male also has black and white bars on the belly, and the female has additional barred patches on the breast; in kochii, the male's breast is also barred, and the female's underparts are entirely barred. In C. s. sumatrensis of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo, the male has grey upperparts with some barring on the rump and lower-tail coverts, and the female's underparts are barred up to the lower breast. The juvenile bird has grey upperparts and entirely barred underparts in panayensis and kochii; in sumatrensis, the juvenile has brown, white and black upperparts, and the underparts are white with black bars. 
Size
32 cm
Nest Placement
Tree
Feeding Habits
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike consumes adult and larval insects such as mantids, dragonflies, beetles, and hairy caterpillars, also eats fig fruits. Forages alone or in groups, rubbing caterpillars on perches and holding figs with feet while feeding. Joins mixed-species flocks, from canopy to mid-levels.
Habitat
The bar-bellied Cuckooshrike typically inhabits a range of forested environments, including primary and mature regenerating forests that have experienced disturbances such as logging. These birds are also found in freshwater swamp-forests, secondary growth, scrublands, and back-mangrove forests. Human-modified landscapes such as old rubber and coconut plantations, as well as orchards, are occasional habitat preferences. They occupy various forest strata, predominantly in lowland areas.
Dite type
Insectivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Behavior
This cuckooshrike usually lives in small groups or in mixed-species foraging flocks with other cuckooshrikes. It mainly eats insects, including caterpillars, mantids, and dragonflies, and also feeds on figs. Vocalisations include a harsh klee kleep, a whistling keeuk-keeuk, sic sic sic, tliu k'liu and a whinnying kliukliukliu. Breeding has been reported in April and May. The cup nest is built on the fork of a tree and is made of mosses, lichens, leaves, rootlets, and possibly mud. The eggs are grey, marked lavender, and reddish brown.
Distribution Area
This cuckooshrike is found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, and many small islands in the area, such as the Kangean Islands and Natuna Islands. It became locally extinct in Singapore around the late 1960s. It lives at low elevations, its habitats being back-mangrove forest, dry forest, freshwater swamp forest, secondary forest, and sometimes scrubs and plantations.
Species Status
This species has a large range. Its global population appears to be decreasing because of habitat destruction, but not rapidly, so the IUCN Red List has assessed it as a least-concern species. In the Thai-Malay Peninsula, it is considered to be vulnerable.
Photo By Ayuwat Jearwattanakanok 
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Cuckoo-shrikes Genus
Coracina Species
Bar-bellied Cuckooshrike 
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