White-crowned koel
| White-crowned cuckoo | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: |
Cacomantis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
| Species: | C. leucolophus |
| Binomial name | |
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Cacomantis leucolophus (Müller, 1840) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Caliechthrus leucolophus |
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Caliechthrus leucolophus
The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Cacomantis leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Caliechthrus but it has a similar song to cuckoos of the genus Cacomantis and is genetically similar to the pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus), so most taxonomists place it there. It is found in New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island.
2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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