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White-rumped triller

Lalage leucopygialis Walden, 1872

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The white-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis) is a species in the family Campephagidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 24.3 g to 29 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis)
Photo: Joseph Smit · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-rumped triller

Weight
24.3 g – 29 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
14 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.7src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the white-rumped triller live?

Not recorded

What is the white-rumped triller?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to Sulawesi in Indonesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical mangrove forest.

From the Wikipedia article “White-rumped triller” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-rumped_triller&oldid=1382863055), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the white-rumped triller endangered?

The white-rumped triller is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the white-rumped triller classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyCampephagidae
  6. genusLalage
  7. SpeciesLalage leucopygialis Walden, 1872

Synonyms Lalage nigra leucopygialis

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • eruguera de WaldenCatalan
  • housenčík butungskýCzech
  • Hvidgumpet TrillerDanish
  • CelebeslalageGerman
  • CelebesraupenfängerGerman
  • Sulawesi-LalageGerman
  • SulawesiraupenfängerGerman
  • mangrova kampefagoEsperanto
  • Oruguero de WaldenSpanish
  • valkoperälivertäjäFinnish
  • Échenilleur de WaldenFrench
  • crnokapi skovranjCroatian
  • Kapasan sulawesiIndonesian
  • Trillatore groppabiancaItalian
  • コシジロナキサンショウクイJapanese
  • baltasturplis treliuojantysis vikšralesysLithuanian
  • WitstuittrillerDutch
  • hvitgumptrillefuglNorwegian
  • gąsienicojad białorzytnyPolish
  • lagarteiro-de-waldenPortuguese
  • lagarteirinho-de-rabadilha-brancaPortuguese
  • Белопоясничный личинкоед-свистунRussian
  • húseničiarka mangrovováSlovak
  • Triler svračak sa belim nadrepkomSerbian
  • sulawesidrillfågelSwedish
  • Beyaz Belli TırtılyiyenTurkish
  • оругеро сулавеськийUkrainian
  • 白腰原鵑鵙Chinese
  • 白腰鳴鵑鵙Chinese
  • 白腰鸣鹃鵙Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-rumped triller

Other species in the same genus Lalage.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the white-rumped triller?

An adult white-rumped triller weighs 24.3 g – 29 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the white-rumped triller endangered?

The white-rumped triller is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the white-rumped triller?

The white-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis) belongs to the family Campephagidae in the order Passeriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). White-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-rumped-triller

MLA

“White-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-rumped-triller.

BibTeX
@misc{white_rumped_triller_2026,
  title = {White-rumped triller (Lalage leucopygialis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-rumped-triller},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}