Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus) (Greater Coucal (bubutus, syn. eurycercus))

Avibase
Avibase home About Avibase Twitter Mastodon Birding webcams Compare taxonomies Avibase Flickr Group Bird of the day archives Peter's Checklist Database Avibase citations Birdlinks Trip reports
myAvibase

MyAvibase allows you to create and manage your own lifelists, and produce useful reports to help you plan your next birding excursion.
myAvibase Home Manage lifelists Manage observations myAvibase reports
Checklists

There are more than 20,000 regional checklists in Avibase, offered in 9 different taxonomies, including synonyms more than 175 languages. Each checklist can be viewed with photos shared by the birding community, and also printed as PDF checklists for field use.
Avibase checklists Compare Regions
Search
Avibase search Browse by families Browse by authors Browse by publications Avibase Taxonomic Concepts
Contribute

There are a few ways by which you can help the development of this page, such as joining the Flickr group for photos or providing translations of the site in addition languages.
Contribute to Avibase Acknowledgements Flickr group Media stats Flickr group members Media wanted Contribute a better translation
English
Change language

Greater Coucal (bubutus, syn. eurycercus)

Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Centropus
Scientific:
  Centropus sinensis eurycercus

Citation:
Blyth, E 1845

Reference:
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 14, pt. 2 p. 551

Protonym:
Centropus eurycercus

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123999#page/97/mode/1up

Avibase ID:
45ED7CDA0898FEE8

Avibase ID:
avibase-45ED7CDA

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/45ED7CDA

Taxonomic Serial Number:

English:
Greater Coucal (bubutus, syn. eurycercus)
French:
Grand Coucal (bubutus, syn. eurycercus)

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Greater Coucal (bubutus, syn. eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Greater Coucal (eurycercus) ( Centropus sinensis bubutus (eurycercus))
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Centropus sinensis eurycercus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Centropus sinensis eurycercus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Centropus sinensis eurycercus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: junior synonym (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is a subspecies of Centropus sinensis bubutus

Your sightings

You must be logged in to view your sighting details. To register to myAvibase click here.

Related taxa

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms