Black-faced Cuckooshrike
Coracina novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
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 black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It has a protected status in New South Wales, under the National Parks and Wildlife Act, 1974.
They are widely distributed in almost any wooded habitat throughout the region, except in rainforests. But they can also occur in urban areas, and are a fairly common sight on power lines in Australian cities such as Sydney and Perth.
Wikipedia contributors, Black-faced cuckooshrike; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:59:59.782191+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Coracina novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
- Name authority
- (Gmelin, 1789)
- Common name
- Black-faced 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 novaehollandiae (Gmelin, 1789)
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=559467 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:Y9BL. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.