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title: "Varied Triller"
description: "Lalage leucomela — Aves. The varied triller (Lalage leucomela) like its better-known relative the white-winged triller, is a smaller member of the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/varied-triller
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Varied Triller

> Lalage leucomela — Aves. The varied triller (Lalage leucomela) like its better-known relative the white-winged triller, is a smaller member of the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae.

- Scientific name: *Lalage leucomela*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 2276
- Wikidata: [Q3119545](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3119545)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204529](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204529)

## Names

- en: Varied Triller
- de: Weißbrauenlalage
- es: Oruguero Variable
- fr: Échenilleur varié
- nl: Witbrauwtriller
- pl: Gąsienicojad zmienny

## Countries with the most observations

AU (2199), PG (15), ID (5)

## Summary

The varied triller (Lalage leucomela) like its better-known relative the white-winged triller, is a smaller member of the cuckoo-shrike family, Campephagidae. Varied trillers prefer warm, reasonably moist environments and are found in New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago, along much of the tropical and sub-tropical coastal hinterland of eastern Australia, from about the Sydney area to the tip of Cape York Peninsula, in the moister part of the Kimberley, and throughout the Top End.
Common to very common in the north, they are uncommon to rare in the colder south. Typical habitat is rainforest, vine forest, riverine…

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

## Photo

![Varied Triller](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/varied-triller/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stuart · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/342872549

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/varied-triller?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).