Black-billed Coucal
Centropus bernsteiniSchlegel, H, 1866
English (US) Black-billed Coucal
The Black-billed Coucal (Centropus bernsteini) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: New Guinea including Batanta (Raja Ampat Islands) and ManamRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Centropus bernsteini
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-billed Coucal
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1866
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Centropus Bernsteini
- Described by
- Schlegel, H, 1866
- Type locality
- Salawati and the opposite coast of New Guinea = New Guinea; the species is not known to occur on Salawati.
- Original description
- Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde 3 p.251
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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