Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) - HBW 4, p. 586
French: Coucal faisan
German: Fasanspornkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Faisán
Taxonomy: Cuculus phasianinus Latham, 1801, New South Wales.
Forms a superspecies with C. spilopterus, C. bernsteini and C. chalybeus. Form mui of Timor may possibly represent a separate species, but to date known only from a single specimen. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mui Mason & McKean, 1984 - Timor.
- propinquus Mayr, 1937 - N New Guinea.
- nigricans (Salvadori, 1876) - SE New Guinea and Yule I.
- mui Mason & McKean, 1984 - Timor.
- propinquus Mayr, 1937 - N New Guinea.
- nigricans (Salvadori, 1876) - SE New Guinea and Yule I.
- thierfelderi Stresemann, 1927 - S New Guinea and NW Torres Strait islands.
- melanurus Gould, 1847 - N & NW Australia.
- phasianinus (Latham, 1801) - E Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of an adult in breeding plumage Locality Buckley's Hole Conservation Park, Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia (ssp phasianinus)
Tom Tarrant 31 August 1997 7 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground and jumping once Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea (ssp thierfelderi)
Rigdon Currie 30 June 2005 5 years ago 14 sec 3.2 -
A bird moving around in a tree Locality Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (mainland), New Guinea
Keith Blomerley 3 September 2008 3 years ago 21 sec 1.5
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A bird with a frog in its beak.
Locality Tully, Queensland, Australia
stevec63 13 February 2010 1 year ago 3.8 -
adult on the ground
Locality Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp melanurus)
Georges Olioso 11 September 2007 3 years ago 3 -
Perched bird backlit in the evening light
Locality Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 16 July 2006 1 year ago 2.4
- No sound recordings available yet
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