Genus Lalage

 

Rufous-bellied Triller - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

 

Varied Triller - Common to very common in the north, they are uncommon to rare in the colder south. Typical habitat is rainforest, vine forest, riverine thickets, eucalypt forest and woodland, with a particular preference for the border areas between closed and open forests.

 

Long-tailed Triller - It is found in New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. The Norfolk Island subspecies of the Long-tailed Triller has become extinct. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

 

White-rumped Triller - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Polynesian Triller - It is 15 to 16 cm long. The plumage varies geographically; some populations are contrastingly black and white while others have more grey or brown coloration.

 

Black-and-white Triller - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

 

Samoan Triller - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

 

White-shouldered Triller - It is a fairly small bird, 17 centimetres in length. The bill is grey with a black tip and the legs and feet are black. The male is mainly black above and white below. It has a grey rump, white stripe over the eye, white wing-patches and white on the outer tail-feathers. Females have a similar pattern to the males but are brown instead of black above and have fine black barring on the underparts.

 

White-winged Triller - White-winged Trillers are fairly common in woodland, and open scrub through most of their range, and close to riverbeds in the central arid zone. The conspicuous male bird—black above and white below in breeding plumage—trills cheerfully through much of the day during the breeding season , frequently rising on fluttering wings in song flight.

Order : Passeriformes
Family : Campephagidae
Genus : Lalage