Koel

This article is about the bird genus. For other uses, see Koel (disambiguation).

Koel
Male Asian koel
Female Asian koel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Cuculinae
Genus: Eudynamys
Vigors & Horsfield, 1827
Type species
Cuculus orientalis (Pacific koel)
Linnaeus, 1766
Species

Eudynamys melanorhynchus
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Eudynamys orientalis

Wikisource has the text of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Koel.

The true koels, Eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos that eat fruits and insects and have loud distinctive calls. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species.