Biology:White-crowned cuckoo

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Short description: Species of bird

White-crowned cuckoo
Cacomantis leucolophus.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cacomantis
Species:
C. leucolophus
Binomial name
Cacomantis leucolophus
(Müller, S, 1840)
Synonyms

Caliechthrus leucolophus S. Müller, 1840

The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Cacomantis leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was originally described by Salomon Müller as Cuculus leucolophus.[1] It was later placed in the monotypic genus Caliechthrus[citation needed], but most taxonomists place it the genus Cacomantis because it has a similar song to other cuckoos in this genus and it is genetically similar to the pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus).[2] It is found in New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island.

References

  1. Müller, Salomon (1840). "Bijdragen de kennis van Nieuw-Guinea" (in nl). Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen 1: 22,233. 
  2. Payne, Robert B. (2005) The Cuckoos, Oxford University Press.

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

Wikidata ☰ Q1272632 entry