Pheasant coucal

Pheasant coucal
In Queensland, Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Centropus
Species:
C. phasianinus
Binomial name
Centropus phasianinus
(Latham, 1801)
Synonyms

Cuculus phasianinus Latham
Polophilus variegatus Leach
Polophilus gigas Stephens
Corydonyx giganteus Vieillot
Centropus speciosus Brookes

The pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Timor and New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests[clarification needed]. It has adapted well to canefields in northern Australia.[2] The pheasant coucal is unusual among Australian cuckoos in that it incubates and raises its own young instead of laying its eggs in the nest of another species.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Centropus phasianinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684209A93018702. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684209A93018702.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ Blakers et al. (1984). The Atlas of Australian Birds, Carlton: Melbourne University Press. ISBN 0-522-84285-2