Black-throated Coucal [leucogaster or efulenensis]
Centropus leucogaster [leucogaster or efulenensis] (= Centropus leucogaster) (Leach, WE 1814)
The black-throated coucal is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in West Africa in dense second growth along forest edge and grassy swamps. The subspecies found in northern and central Zaire is sometimes split as Neumann's coucal. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Centropus
Scientific:
Centropus leucogaster
Original description
Citation:
(Leach, WE 1814)
Reference:
Zool. Miscell. (Leach)
1 p.117, pl.52
Protonym:
Polophilus leucogaster
Type locality:
New Holland, error = Gold Coast Colony.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/91180#page/227/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
DE2CC6CF49C41E9F
Avibase ID:
avibase-DE2CC6CF
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/DE2CC6CF
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 705506
Geographic range:
- Centropus leucogaster leucogaster: southern Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to southeastern Nigeria
- Centropus leucogaster efulenensis: southwestern Cameroon and northern Gabon
Black-throated Coucal [leucogaster or efulenensis]
French:
Coucal à ventre blanc [leucogaster ou efulenensis]
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-throated Coucal [leucogaster or efulenensis] ( Centropus leucogaster [leucogaster or efulenensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Black-throated Coucal [leucogaster or efulenensis] ( Centropus leucogaster [leucogaster or efulenensis]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Coucal à ventre blanc ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Black-throated Coucal ( Centropus leucogaster) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Centropus leucogaster
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Cucal de ventre blanc
Czech: Kukacka belobrichá, kukačka bělobřichá
Danish: Hvidbuget Sporegøg
German: Weißbauchkuckuck
English: Black throated Coucal, Black-throated Coucal, Black-throated Coucal [leucogaster or efulenensis], Great Coucal
Spanish: Cucal de Garganta Negra, Cucal Ventriblanco
Spanish (Spain): Cucal Ventriblanco
Estonian: mustpugu-kannuskägu
Finnish: Guineankukaali
French: Coucal à ventre blanc, Coucal à ventre blanc [leucogaster ou efulenensis]
Hungarian: fehérhasú bozótkakukk
Italian: Cucal golanera, Cuculo fagiano ventrebianco
Japanese (romaji): nodogurobanken
Japanese: ノドグロバンケン
Scientific: Centropus leucogaster, Centropus leucogaster [leucogaster or efulenensis], Centropus leucogaster leucogaster, Polophilus leucogaster
Lithuanian: Juodagurklė pentiniuotoji gegutė
Dutch: Witbuikspoorkoekoek
Norwegian: Hvitbuksporegjøk
Polish: kukal bialobrzuchy, kukal białobrzuchy
Portuguese: Cuco-de-garganta-preta
Portuguese (Portugal): Cuco-de-garganta-preta
Russian: Белобрюхая шпорцевая кукушка, Чёрная кукушка
Slovak: ostrohár bielobruchý
Swedish: Svartstrupig sporrgök
Ukrainian: Коукал білочеревий
Chinese: 黑喉鸦鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 黑喉鴉鵑
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