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.

See all 6 subspecies

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.