Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Greater Black Coucal (Centropus menbeki) - HBW 4, p. 586
French: Coucal menébeki
German: Mohrenkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Menebiki
Other common names: Greater Coucal(!)
Taxonomy: Centropus Menbeki Garnot, 1828, New Guinea = Manokwari.
Forms a superspecies with C. goliath and C. violaceus. Original spelling is menbeki, although listed by Lesson and Garnot in 1829 as “menebiki”, based on a local Papuan word. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- menbeki Garnot, 1828 - New Guinea, W Papuan islands and Numfor I.
- jobiensis Stresemann & Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I.
- aruensis (Salvadori, 1878) - Aru Is.
- Least Concern
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