Species profile
Pheasant Coucal
Centropus phasianinus
Quick answer
Breeding regions are AU. Breeding subregions are Lesser Sundas, ec to se New Guinea and n, e Australia.
- Scientific name
- Centropus phasianinus
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Genus
- Centropus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Pheasant Coucal in your journal
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Related species in Cuculidae
- African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
- Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
- Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
- Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)