Black Coucal
Centropus grilliiHartlaub, KJG, 1861
English (US) Black Coucal
The Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) 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: intra-African migrant south of the SaharaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Centropus grillii
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Coucal
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1861
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Centropus Grillii
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1861
- Type locality
- Gaboon.
- Original description
- Journal für Ornithologie 9, no.49 p.13
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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