Ground Cuckoo-shrike

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Ground Cuckoo-shrike
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Campephagidae Genus: Coracina Species: C. maxima
Binomial name
Coracina maxima (Rüppell, 1839)

The Ground Cuckoo-shrike (Coracina maxima) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Contents 1 Conservation Status 1.1 Australia 1.2 State of Victoria, Australia 2 References

[edit] Conservation Status

[edit] Australia

Ground Cuckoo-shrikes are not listed as threatened on the Australian Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999.

[edit] State of Victoria, Australia

• The Ground Cuckoo-shrike is listed as threatened on the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act (1988).^[1] Under this Act, an Action Statement for the recovery and future management of this species has not been prepared.^[2]

• On the 2007 advisory list of threatened vertebrate fauna in Victoria, the Ground Cuckoo-shrike is listed as vulnerable.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
2. ^ Department of Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
3. ^ Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (2007). Advisory List of Threatened Vertebrate Fauna in Victoria - 2007. East Melbourne, Victoria: Department of Sustainability and Environment, 15. ISBN 978-1-74208-039-0. 

• BirdLife International 2004. Coracina maxima. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 25 July 2007.