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The black cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo. The sexes are similar, the plumage varying by subspecies; Cuculus clamosus clamosus has upper parts black glossed with green, slatey-grey wings and black tail tipped with white and sometimes with the outer feathers barred or spotted with white or buff; Cuculus clamosus gabonensis is mostly black with a red throat and black and white barring on the belly.
The Indian cuckoo or short-winged cuckoo ( Cuculus micropterus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests ...
Binomial name. Coccyzus erythropthalmus. ( Wilson, 1811) The black-billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae ( cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name, kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros, "red" and ophthalmos, "eye".
The Asian koel is a large and long-tailed cuckoo measuring 39–46 cm (15–18 in) and weighing 190–327 g (6.7–11.5 oz). [18] [19] The male of the nominate race is glossy bluish-black, with a pale greenish grey bill, the iris is crimson, and it has grey legs and feet. The female of the nominate race is brownish on the crown and has rufous ...
Levaillant's cuckoo: Clamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829) 74 Jacobin cuckoo: Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) 75 Little cuckoo: Coccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817) 76 Dwarf cuckoo: Coccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852) 76 Ash-colored cuckoo: Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817) 78 Squirrel cuckoo: Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) 79 Black-bellied cuckoo
The black-hooded coucal (Centropus steerii) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Mindoro in the Philippines and is one of the most endangered birds in the country and is the only critically endangered coucal in the world. It is threatened by habitat loss and trapping.
The chestnut-breasted malkoha is typical of the Phaenicophaeinae in having brightly coloured skin around the eye.. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g (0.6 oz) and 15 cm (6 in), to moderately large birds, ranging from 60–80 cm (24–31 in) in length, such as the giant coua of Madagascar, the coral-billed ground-cuckoo of Indochina, and ...
The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.