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Black-headed Cuckooshrike
Lalage melanoptera (Rüppell, 1839)
Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
Black-headed Cuckooshrike, Lalage melanoptera, is a resident breeder in India and Sri Lanka in the Oriental Region, with its range also extending across the Indian subcontinent. It is a passerine in the cuckooshrike family, first described by Rüppell in 1839. The species is a slender bird with marked differences between the sexes. Males show a dark hood and upper breast, a paler grey back and a white underside, while females are browner above with barred underparts and a pale eyebrow. It uses open wooded country, secondary growth, bamboo, gardens, orchards and plantations.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: India and Sri Lanka
