Barred Cuckoo-shrike Coracina lineata
Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image Kuranda, Queensland, Australia
November 2010

The Barred Cuckoo-shrike is distributed in coastal eastern Australia, Papua New Guinea and the islands. For a distribution map see Birdlife International.

Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image It is found in rainforest, eucalypt forest, forest edges, plantations and gardens where it feeds on fruit and seeds mainly in the canopy.

Photo 2 shows a Barred Cuckoo-shrike being chased off its perch by a Helmeted Friarbird Philemon buceroides.

Barred Cuckoo-shrike, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image
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