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title: "Black-faced Cuckooshrike"
description: "Coracina novaehollandiae — Birds. The black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/black-faced-cuckooshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-faced Cuckooshrike

> Coracina novaehollandiae — Birds. The black-faced cuckooshrike (Coracina novaehollandiae) is a common omnivorous passerine bird native to Australia and southern New Guinea.

- Scientific name: *Coracina novaehollandiae*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens), `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 12363
- Wikidata: [Q1067835](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1067835)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7990](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7990)

## Names

- en: Black-faced Cuckooshrike
- de: Schwarzgesichtraupenfänger
- es: Oruguero Carinegro
- fr: Échenilleur à masque noir
- nl: Australische rupsvogel
- pl: Kruczyna czarnolica

## Countries with the most observations

AU (11801), PG (17), ID (10), TL (5)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-faced_cuckooshrike

## Photo

![Black-faced Cuckooshrike](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-faced-cuckooshrike/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/195239951

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-faced-cuckooshrike?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).