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Taxonomic note
Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei (del Hoyo & Collar 2016) previously included six races now assigned to Large Cuckooshrike C. javensis (del Hoyo & Collar 2016), and was previously assigned the common name 'Large Cuckooshrike'. Differs from C. javensis in its barring on lower breast and belly in male (3); barring on entire underparts up to chin in female (vague in other taxa, which in any case have grey chin to breast) (2); seemingly smaller than all other taxa (at least 1); and different voice (assuming that unsampled layardi resembles nominate), reaching higher frequencies (at least 2) and having a predominately rising note shape vs fairly flat or up-and-down plateau (1) (P. Boesman in litt. 2016). As such, Indian Cuckooshrike C. macei is recognised with the subspecies C. m. macei and C. m. layardi.

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
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Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2020	Least Concern
2016	Not Recognised
2012	Not Recognised
2008	Not Recognised
2004	Not Recognised
2000	Not Recognised
1994	Not Recognised
1988	Not Recognised

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	medium
Land-mass type		Average mass	-

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident)	3,300,000 km2
Severely fragmented?	no	-

	Estimate	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Population size	unknown	-	-	-
Population trend	decreasing	-	suspected	2014-2026
Rate of change over the past 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	13-25%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	13-25%	-	-	-
Rate of change over the past & future 10 years/3 generations (longer of the two periods)	13-25%	-	-	-
Generation length	4 years	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as fairly common to common in India and Sri Lanka (del Hoyo et al. 2005). However, it is believed to be declining at a moderate rate (State of India's Birds 2020), and further quantification of this rate is required.

Trend justification:

The species is tentatively assessed as being in decline due to habitat loss per Tracewski et al. (2016) and high hunting pressure.

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding visitor	Non-breeding visitor	Passage migrant
India	extant	native	yes
Sri Lanka	extant	native	yes

Country/Territory	IBA Name

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	suitable	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland	major	resident
Forest	Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane	major	resident
Savanna	Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude		Occasional altitudinal limits

Purpose	Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture	international

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Indian Cuckooshrike Coracina macei. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/indian-cuckooshrike-coracina-macei on 27/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 27/12/2024.