Buru Cuckooshrike
Coracina fortis (Salvadori, 1878)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Buru cuckooshrike (Coracina fortis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae.
It is endemic to Indonesia.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
Wikipedia contributors, Buru cuckooshrike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T06:17:21.470121+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coracina fortis (Salvadori, 1878)
- Name authority
- (Salvadori, 1878)
- Common name
- Buru Cuckooshrike
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Campephagidae
- Genus
- Coracina
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyCampephagidae Vigors, 1825
- genusCoracina Vieillot, 1816
- speciesCoracina fortis (Salvadori, 1878)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Coracina. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Coracina cucullata (Milne-Edwards & Oustalet, 1885) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grauer's CuckooshrikeCoracina graueri Neumann, 1908 | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser CuckooshrikeCoracina fimbriata (Temminck, 1824) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-shouldered CicadabirdCoracina dohertyi (Hartert, 1896) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pygmy CuckooshrikeCoracina abbotti (Riley, 1918) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stout-billed CuckooshrikeCoracina caeruleogrisea (G. R. Gray, 1858) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moluccan CuckooshrikeCoracina atriceps (S. Muller, 1843) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| New Caledonian CuckooshrikeCoracina analis (J. Verreaux & Des Murs, 1860) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey CuckooshrikeCoracina caesia (Lichtenstein, 1823) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue CuckooshrikeCoracina azurea (Cassin, 1852) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-shouldered CicadabirdCoracina incerta (A. B. Meyer, 1874) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bibbed CicadabirdCoracina mindanensis (Tweeddale, 1879) | CampephagidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=559449 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:5ZZQD. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.