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North Melanesian Cuckooshrike
Coracina welchmani (Tristram, 1892)
Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
North Melanesian Cuckooshrike, Coracina welchmani, is a bird of the Solomon Islands, breeding in the north and centre of the archipelago. It belongs to the cuckooshrike family and is found in moist lowland forest as well as moist montane forest. Some ornithologists treat it as part of Coracina caledonica. It was described by Tristram in 1892. The species is endemic to the Solomon Islands, making this island group its only known range.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes
- Breeding range
- Australasia: n, c Solomon Is.
