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title: "Black-winged Cuckooshrike"
description: "Lalage melaschistos — Vogels. The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/black-winged-cuckooshrike
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-winged Cuckooshrike

> Lalage melaschistos — Vogels. The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia.

- Scientific name: *Lalage melaschistos*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1423
- Wikidata: [Q28836456](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28836456)
- iNaturalist taxon: [201112](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/201112)

## Names

- en: Black-winged Cuckooshrike
- de: Trauerraupenfänger
- es: Oruguero Alinegro
- fr: Échenilleur ardoisé

## Countries with the most observations

TH (353), HK (266), CN (196), IN (144), TW (66), VN (44), KH (26), NP (23), MO (16), BT (12), BD (9), MM (5)

## Summary

The black-winged cuckooshrike (Lalage melaschistos), also known as lesser grey cuckooshrike or dark grey cuckooshrike, is a species of cuckooshrike found in South to Southeast Asia. Despite the name, they (cuckooshrikes) are unrelated to either shrikes or cuckoos. They have broad based bills with grey upper parts, black wings, white vent, graduated white-tipped tails, black bills and legs. Females are overall lighter in all taxa.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/19329659

## Machine access

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