Trillers and Allies
Lalage
The trillers (Lalage) are a genus of passerine birds belonging to the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae. Their name comes from the loud trilling calls of the males. There are about 12 species which occur in southern Asia and Australasia with a number of species on Pacific islands. They feed mainly on insects and fruit. They build a neat cup-shaped nest high in a tree.
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
Varied Triller
speciesLalage leucomela
White-winged Triller
speciesLalage tricolor
Pied Triller
speciesLalage nigra
Black-winged Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage melaschistos
Black-headed Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage melanoptera
White-shouldered Triller
speciesLalage sueurii
Lesser Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage fimbriata
Polynesian Triller
speciesLalage maculosa
Long-tailed Triller
speciesLalage leucopyga
Indochinese Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage polioptera
Rufous-bellied Triller
speciesLalage aurea
Black-browed Triller
speciesLalage atrovirens
White-rumped Triller
speciesLalage leucopygialis
Mauritius Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage typica
Biak Triller
speciesLalage leucoptera
Réunion Cuckooshrike
speciesLalage newtoni
Black-and-white Triller
speciesLalage melanoleuca
White-browed Triller
speciesLalage moesta
Samoan Triller
speciesLalage sharpei
Mussau Triller
speciesLalage conjuncta
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 8378.