The Asian koel is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian koel like many of its related cuckoo kin is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young. They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults. The name koel is echoic in origin with several language variants. The bird is a widely used symbol in Indian and Nepali poetry. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.111
Protonym:
Cuculus scolopaceus
Avibase ID:
A412E6AEE5324025
Avibase ID:
avibase-A412E6AE
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/A412E6AE
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 705305
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Asian Koel [excl. corvinus] ( Eudynamys scolopaceus [excl. corvinus]) |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Koel ( Eudynamys scolopaceus) [version 5] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Eudynamys [scolopaceus, orientalis, cyanocephalus or melanorhynchus]
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