Black-faced Coucal
Centropus melanopsLesson, RP, 1830
English (US) Black-faced Coucal
The Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops) 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: East Visayas and Mindanao group (east-central and southern Philippines)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Centropus melanops
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-faced Coucal
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Lesson, RP, 1830
- Type locality
- Java, error = Mindanao.
- Original description
- Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique des ordres, sous-ordres, familles, tribus, genres, sous-genres et races d'oiseaux livr.2 p.137
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Rufous Coucal
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Green-billed Coucal
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Short-toed Coucal
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Black-hooded Coucal
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Bay Coucal
Centropus celebensis
Gabon Coucal
Centropus anselli
Black-throated Coucal
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Senegal Coucal
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