Pheasant Coucal

Centropus phasianinus - Coucal faisan

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Centropus

  • Species
    :

    phasianinus

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 80 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 205 à 495 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucal faisan
adult
Coucal faisan
adult

Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

  • Centropus phasianinus phasianinus (e Australia)
  • Centropus phasianinus mui (Timor. e Lesser Sundas.)
  • Centropus phasianinus propinquus (n New Guinea)
  • Centropus phasianinus nigricans (se New Guinea and nearby islands)
  • Centropus phasianinus thierfelderi (s New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait)
  • Centropus phasianinus melanurus (n and nw Australia)

Foreign names

  • Coucal faisan,
  • Cucal faisán,
  • cucal-faisão,
  • Fasanschwanzkuckuck,
  • fácánfarkú bozótkakukk,
  • Fazantspoorkoekoek,
  • Cucal fagiano,
  • fasansporrgök,
  • Fasansporegjøk,
  • ostrohár bažantí,
  • kukačka bažantí,
  • Fasansporegøg,
  • fasaanikukaali,
  • cucal faisà,
  • kukal bażanci,
  • Фазанья шпорцевая кукушка,
  • Bubut ayam,
  • キジバンケン,
  • 雉鸦鹃,
  • 雉形鴉鵑,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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