Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki)

Other Names (World)
Ivory-billed Coucal, Greater Black Coucal, Greater Coucal(!)

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
60 - 67 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson & Garnot, 1828

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, dry shrubland. From sea-level - 800 m.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Papua New Guinea.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (27)...)

Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki) [XC499166]
by Marc Anderson from near Malagufuk, Klasow Valley, Sorong, Papua Barat, Indonesia (song)

Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki) [XC557644]
by Iain Woxvold from Ok Isai, Niar River, West Sepik province, Papua New Guinea (call, calls)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Goliath Coucal (Centropus goliath) and Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus). Original spelling is menbeki, although listed by Lesson and Garnot in 1829 as menebiki, based on a local Papuan word.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

menbeki Lesson & Garnot, 1828 - New Guinea, western Papuan islands and Numfor I.
jobiensis Stresemann and Paludan, 1932 - Yapen I.
aruensis (Salvadori, 1878) - Aru Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki) - 10 files

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