Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Lesser Black Coucal (Centropus bernsteini) - HBW 4, p. 587
French: Coucal de Bernstein
German: Bernsteinkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal de Bernstein
Other common names: Black Scrub/Bernstein's Coucal
Taxonomy: Centropus Bernsteini Schlegel, 1866, New Guinea.
Forms a superspecies with C. phasianinus, C. spilopterus and C. chalybeus. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bernsteini Schlegel, 1866 - W & C New Guinea E to Simbang and the Sattelberg.
- manam Mayr, 1937 - Manam I (NE New Guinea).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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2 birds looking for food.
Locality Genyem, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp bernsteini)
mehdhalaouate 9 September 2007 2 years ago 2.8
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