Gold Coast
flora and fauna

A guide to the plants and animals that make our city one of the most biodiverse in Australia.
Phylum
CHORDATA
Class
AVES
Family
CAMPEPHAGIDAE
Genus
Coracina
Species
papuensis
Has fauna
True
Mapping

Common Name
White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike
Alternate name
Little Cuckoo-shrike
Is historical
False
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NSW
EPBC
Marine
APC
ROTAP
Comment
Uncommon in open forest.
LGA significant
False
Stronghold population
False
Wildnet record
False
Museum listing
False
Introduced
False
Qld Census
False
Regionally significant/rationale
False
Restricted distribution/rationale
False
Abundance
Uncommon
Historical abundance
Endemicity
Overall distribution
Local distribution
Uncommon resident or nomad in woodlands mangroves and gardens
Known location
Helensvale, Nerang, Yawalpah, Natural Bridge - Springbrook NP, Numinbah Valley, Pine Ridge CP, Pimpa
Other locality
Uncommon in open forest.
Riparian dependent
False
Wetland dependent
False
Forest dependent
True
Hollow dependent
False
Terrestrial
True
Estuarine
False
Marine
False
General ecology
Open forest, woodland, mangroves, riparian forest.
Specific ecology
Habitat
Habitat comment
Much less common than the black-faced cuckoo-shrike. Probably less common than the records indicate, for it is easily confused with the juvenile black-faced cuckoo-shrike.
Threats
Management
Community type
Migratory
False
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