White-shouldered Triller

Lalage sueurii (Vieillot, 1818)

White-shouldered Triller, Lalage sueurii, is a passerine of the cuckooshrike family that breeds in eastern Java, Bali, the Lesser Sundas to Babar, and Sulawesi apart from the north, within the Oriental Region and Australasia. It is found in Indonesia and East Timor. The male is mostly black above and white below, with a grey rump, a white line over the eye, white wing patches and white outer tail feathers. Females are brown above, with fine black bars underneath. It was described by Vieillot in 1818.

Order

Passeriformes

Family

Campephagidae — Cuckooshrikes

Breeding range

Oriental Region, Australasia: e Java, Bali, Lesser Sundas to Babar (far e), Sulawesi (except n) and satellites