Long-tailed Koel
Urodynamis taitensis(Sparrman, A, 1787)
English (US) Long-tailed Koel
The Long-tailed Koel (Urodynamis taitensis) 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: breeds North, South, and Stewart islands and satellite islands (New Zealand); migrates to central and southern tropical Pacific, from Palau (western Caroline Islands) to Pitcairn group (southeastern Polynesia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Urodynamis taitensis
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Long-tailed Koel
- Described by
- (Sparrman, A, 1787)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus taitensis
- Described by
- (Sparrman, A, 1787)
- Type locality
- No locality given; Tahiti, fixed as type locality by Rothschild and Hartert, Nov. Zool., 12, 1905, p. 258.
- Original description
- Museum Carlsonianum, in quo novas et selectas aves, coloribus ad vivum brevique descriptione illustratas (etc.) fasc.2 pl.32
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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