Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis] (Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal)

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Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal

Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis] (= Centropus toulou) (Müller, PLS 1776)

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Classification

Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Centropus
Scientific:
  Centropus toulou

Original description

Citation:
(Müller, PLS 1776)

Reference:
Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd. Suppl. p.90

Protonym:
Cuculus Toulou

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52710043

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
ED7C4DFDCF80F129

Avibase ID:
avibase-ED7C4DFD

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ED7C4DFD

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554762

Geographic range:

Centropus toulou toulou: Madagascar
Centropus toulou insularis: Aldabra
Centropus toulou assumptionis: Formerly Assumption I. Extinct
Centropus grillii: Intra-African migrant south of the Sahara
Centropus bengalensis bengalensis: India and Nepal to Bangladesh, Myanmar and Indochina
Centropus bengalensis lignator: S and se China, Hainan I. and Taiwan
Centropus bengalensis [javanensis or philippinensis]: Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan and Philippines
Centropus bengalensis sarasinorum: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
Centropus bengalensis medius: Moluccas (Indonesia)
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal
French:
Coucal noir ou C. rufin

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal ( Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis])
Clements 1st edition: Black Coucal ( Centropus toulou) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Catalan: Cucal de Madagascar
Czech: kukačka toloho
Danish: Madagaskarsporegøg
German: Tulukuckuck
English: Black Coucal, Madagascar, Lesser or Black Coucal
Spanish: Cucal Malgache
Estonian: madagaskari kannuskägu
Finnish: madagaskarinkukaali
French: Coucal noir, Coucal noir ou C. rufin
Hungarian: madagaszkári bozótkakukk
Italian: Cuculo fagiano malgascio
Japanese (romaji): afurikabanken
Japanese: アフリカバンケン
Scientific: Centropus [toulou or bengalensis], Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis], Centropus toulou, Centropus toulou toulou, Cuculus Toulou
Lithuanian: Madagaskarinė pentiniuotoji gegutė
Malagasy: Toloho
Dutch: Toeloe-spoorkoekoek
Norwegian: Tolosporegjøk
Polish: kukal malgaski
Russian: Мадагаскарская шпорцевая кукушка
Slovak: ostrohár toloho
Swedish: Madagaskarsporrgök
Swahili: Dudumizi Mweusi
Ukrainian: Коукал мадагаскарський
Vietnamese: Bìm bịp nhỏ
Chinese: 小鸦鹃, 马岛小鸦鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 馬達加斯加小鴉鵑