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Varied Triller
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Varied Triller

Lalage leucomela
BirdNET IDBN06287
Taxon groupAves
iNat observations1,888
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

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 thickets, eucalypt forest and woodland, with a particular preference for the border areas between closed and open forests. Varied trillers work their way slowly and methodically through foliage at any level (sometimes on the ground), searching in pairs or small groups for insects and fruit, and making repeated rolling contact calls almost continuously. An alternative name is Pied Caterpillar-eater (Karua Leucomela) The Mussau triller (L. conjuncta) was formerly considered a subspecies.

Translated Descriptions (6)

es wikipedia
El oruguero variable (Lalage leucomela)​ es una especie de ave paseriforme de la familia Campephagidae que vive en Oceanía.
fi wikipedia
Sademetsälivertäjä (Lalage leucomela) on käpinkäisten heimoon kuuluva varpuslintu.
fr wikipedia
L'Échenilleur varié (Lalage leucomela) est une espèce de passereaux de la famille des Campephagidae.
nl wikipedia
De witbrauwtriller (Lalage leucomela) is een zangvogel uit de familie Campephagidae (rupsvogels).
sv wikipedia
Vitbrynad drillfågel (Lalage leucomela) är en fågel i familjen gråfåglar inom ordningen tättingar.
zh wikipedia
杂色鸣鹃鵙(学名:Lalage leucomela)是山椒鸟科鸣鹃鵙属的一种,杂色鸣鹃鵙喜欢温暖、相对湿润的环境,分布于新几内亚、俾斯麦群岛以及热带和亚热带的澳大利亚沿海腹地。 杂色鸣鹃鵙在北方非常常见,但在较寒冷的南方则较为少见。常见的栖息地有雨林、藤林、沿河树丛、桉树林等。

Common Names (39 locales)

bg Беловежда кукувича сврачка
ca eruguera variable
cs housenčík bělobrvý
cy Trydarwr Aelwyn
da Hvidbrynet Triller
de Weißbrauen-Raupenfänger
en Varied Triller
es Oruguero Variable
es_EC Oruguero Variable
es_ES Oruguero variable
es_MX Oruguero Variable
eu Lalage conjuncta
fa بلندآوای رنگارنگ
fi sademetsälivertäjä
fr Échenilleur varié
he ללגה מגוון
hr prugasti skovranj
id kapasan alis-putih
ja マミジロナキサンショウクイ
lt Baltabruvis treliuojantysis vikšralesys
nl Witbrauwtriller
no hvitbryntrillefugl
nv Chʼosh ditłʼooí yiyiitsahí naashchʼąąʼígíí
pl gąsienicojad zmienny
pt varied triller
pt_PT Varied triller
ru Белобровый личинкоед-свистун
sk húseničiarka volavá
sr Beloobrvasti triler svračak
sv vitbrynad drillfågel
tr Değişken Renkli Tırtılyiyen
uk Оругеро смугасточеревий
zh 雜色鳴鵑鵙
zh-CN 杂色鸣鹃鵙
zh-cn 杂色鸣鹃鵙
zh-hans 杂色鸣鹃鵙
zh-hant 雜色鳴鵑鵙
zh-hk 雜色鳴鵑鵙
zh-tw 雜色鳴鵑鵙

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#204529
eBirdvartri1
Macaulay Libraryvartri1
Xeno-CantoLalage leucomela
observation.org#75610
GBIF5230458
NCBI254546
AvibaseLalage-leucomela
BirdLife103702881