Violaceous Coucal
Centropus violaceusQuoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
English (US) Violaceous Coucal
The Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus) 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 Ireland and New Britain (eastern Bismarck Archipelago)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Centropus violaceus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Violaceous Coucal
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832
- Type locality
- Carteret Harbor, New Ireland.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.229
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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