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 NT    Biak Coucal* Id (Atlas):
    Centropus chalybeus

Description (7)
Image of Biak Coucal
 

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
44 - 46 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvadori, 1875)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)
Indonesia (B).

Biak I in Geelvink Bay, northern New Guinea.
 
Population
Estimated population is 10,000 - 19,999 (2010).

Status NT
Habitat loss due to logging and conversion to agroculture are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus) [XC582455]
     by Ken Behrens from Biak, Indonesia (song)

 
Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus) [XC409830]
     by Ken Behrens from Oridek, Kabupaten Biak Numfor, Papua, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Kai Coucal (Centropus spilopterus), Black-billed Coucal (Centropus bernsteini) and Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus) - 7 files


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