= Coracina melas batantae Gyldenstolpe & Mayr, 1955
Holotype : Female, Wailibit, Batanta Island, Dutch New Guinea. 8 June 1949. Sten Bergman. Swedish New Guinea Expedition. - Measurements of type : wing : 127 mm; tail : 97 mm; culmen : 19,5 mm; tarsus : 21 mm.