Boyer's cuckooshrike (Coracina boyeri) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is widely spread across New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Campephagidae |
| Genus: | Coracina |
| Species: | C. boyeri
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| Coracina boyeri (G.R. Gray, 1846)
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The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the French explorer Joseph Emmanuel P. Boyer.[2]
Subspecies edit
Source:[3]
- C. b. boyeri: can be distinguished by the female's lores being white
- C. b. subalaris: can be distinguished by the female's lores being gray
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Coracina boyeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22706516A94074477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22706516A94074477.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael (2003). Whose Bird? Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds. London: Christopher Helm. p. 62.
- ^ Diamond, Jared; Bishop, K. David; Sneider, Richard (2019-10-10). "An avifaunal double suture zone at the Bird's Neck Isthmus of New Guinea". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 131 (3): 435. doi:10.1676/18-167. ISSN 1559-4491.
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