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Blackish Cuckooshrike
Edolisoma coerulescens (Blyth, 1842)
Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
Blackish Cuckooshrike, Edolisoma coerulescens, is a bird of the Philippines, breeding in the Luzon group and on Cebu in the north and centre of the country. It belongs to the cuckooshrike family and was first described by Blyth in 1842. It is a forest bird of tropical moist lowland woodland, using the canopy and upper levels, and it is linked with mixed-species flocks. The species is known from Luzon and Catanduanes, with a separate form from Marinduque, while the Cebu race is now extinct.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Luzon group and Cebu (n, c Philippines)
