Pacific long-tailed cuckoo

"Long-tailed cuckoo" redirects here. For the African long-tailed cuckoos, see Cercococcyx.

Long-tailed cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Urodynamis
Salvadori, 1880
Species:
U. taitensis
Binomial name
Urodynamis taitensis
(Sparrman, 1787)
Synonyms

Cuculus taitensis
Eudynamys taitensis

The Pacific long-tailed cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis), also known as the long-tailed cuckoo, long-tailed koel, sparrow hawk, home owl, screecher, screamer[2] or koekoeā in Māori, is a species of the Cuculidae bird family (the cuckoos). It is a migratory bird that spends spring and summer in New Zealand, its only breeding place, and spends winter in the Pacific islands. It is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of other bird species and leaving them to raise its chicks.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Urodynamis taitensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684072A93012929. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684072A93012929.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Davis, William E. (September 2001). "Handbook of Australian, New Zealand, and Antarctic Birds, Volume 4: Parrots to Dollarbird". The Wilson Bulletin. 113 (3): 359–360. doi:10.1676/0043-5643(2001)113[0359:ol]2.0.co;2. ISSN 0043-5643. S2CID 85784425.