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Lesser Coucal

Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF 1788)

The lesser coucal is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy land with grass and tree cover. It is distinguished by its smaller size, less prominent bill, pale shaft streaks on the feathers of the head and back. It has a much longer claw on its hind toe and a distinct call. It is also among the few coucals that show season plumage differences but like in other coucals, the sexes cannot be distinguished in the field. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Centropus
Scientific:
  Centropus bengalensis

Original description

Citation:
  (Gmelin, JF 1788)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 13, vol. 1, part 1

Protonym:
  Cuculus bengalensis

Type locality:
  Bengal.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2897012

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  FD7D022A4569390B

Avibase ID:
  avibase-FD7D022A

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/FD7D022A

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554764

Geographic range:

  • Centropus bengalensis bengalensis: India and Nepal to Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Indochina
  • Centropus bengalensis lignator: southern and southeastern China, Hainan, and Taiwan
  • Centropus bengalensis [javanensis or philippinensis]: Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Palawan, and Philippines
  • Centropus bengalensis sarasinorum: Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas
  • Centropus bengalensis medius: Moluccas (Indonesia)
  • Show more...
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Lesser Coucal
Catalan:
Cucal de Bengala
Czech:
kukačka bengálská
Danish:
Bengalsporegøg
German:
Bengalenkuckuck
Spanish:
Cucal Bengalí
Spanish (Spain):
Cucal Bengalí
Finnish:
pikkukukaali
French:
Coucal rufin
Croatian:
mrki kukal
Hungarian:
bengál bozótkakukk
Italian:
Cucal minore
Japanese (romaji):
banken
Japanese:
バンケン
Lithuanian:
mažoji pentinuotoji gegutė
Dutch:
Bengaalse Spoorkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Bengalsporegauk
Norwegian:
Bengalsporegjøk
Polish:
kukal bengalski
Portuguese:
cucal-bengali
Portuguese (Portugal):
cucal-pequeno
Russian:
Бенгальский кукаль
Slovak:
ostrohár štekavý
Serbian:
Bengalski kukal
Swedish:
mindre sporrgök
Ukrainian:
Коукал малий
Chinese:
小鸦鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
番鵑

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Christidis and Boles (2008): Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds:
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucal rufin ( Centropus bengalensis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements, version 2021:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Centropus bengalensis [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Centropus [toulou, grillii or bengalensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Bengali: কুকার , ফািংরা কুমফা , বাংলা কুবো, ঩া঴াচড় কানকুয়া
Bengali (transliteration): bānlā kubō, kukāla, pāhāṛi kānakuẏā
Catalan: Cucal de Bengala
Czech: Kukacka bengálská, kukačka bengálská
Danish: Bengalsporegøg
German: Bengalenkuckuck
English: Black Coucal, Lesser Coucal, Lesser crow-pheasant
English, HBW: Lesser Coucal
English (IOC): Lesser Coucal
English (United States): Lesser Coucal
Spanish: Cucal Bengalí, Cucal Enano
Spanish (Spain): Cucal Bengalí
Spanish (HBW): Lesser Coucal
Estonian: väike-kannuskägu
Finnish: Pikkukukaali
French: Coucal rufin, Petit Coucal
Croatian: mrki kukal
Hungarian: bengál bozótkakukk
Indonesian: Bubut alang alang, Bubut Alang-alang, Burung Bubut Alang-alang
Italian: Cucal minore, Cuculo fagiano minore
Japanese (romaji): banken, ban-ken
Japanese: バンケン
Japanese (Kanji): 番鵑
Korean: 작은뻐꾸기사촌, 쿠칼
Korean (Transliteration): kukar
Scientific: Centropus bengalensis, Centropus bengalensis bengalensis, Centropus toulou bengalensis, Cuculus bengalensis
Lithuanian: Mažoji pentiniuotoji gegutė, mažoji pentinuotoji gegutė
Malayalam: പുല്ലുപ്പൻ
Mamasa: kalokko
Malay: Bubut, Bubut Kecil, Burung Bubut Kecil, Burung But-but Kecil
Nepali: सानो गोकुल
Dutch: Bengaalse Spoorkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Bengalsporegauk
Norwegian: Bengalsporegjøk
Polish: kukal bengalski
Pinyin: fān-juān, xiǎo hóng máo-jī, xiǎo huáng fēng, xiǎo máo-jī, xiǎo yā-juān, xiǎo yā-zhì, xiǎo zhì-kāgū, xiǎo zhì-kēgū, yìndù xiǎo yā-juān
Portuguese: cucal-bengali
Portuguese (Portugal): Cucal-bengali, cucal-pequeno
Russian: Бенгальский кукаль, Малая шпорцевая кукушка
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Heen Ati-kukula
Slovak: ostrohár štekavý
Serbian: Bengalski kukal
Swedish: Mindre sporrgök
Thai: นกกด, นกกระปูดเล็ก, นกกะปูดเล็ก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kà-pùut lék, nók kòt, nók krà-pùut lék
Turkish: Bengal kukalı
Ukrainian: Коукал малий
Vietnamese: Bìm bịp nhỏ, Chim Bìm bịp nhỏ
Chinese: 印度小鸦鹃, 小毛鸡, 小红毛鸡, 小雉喀咕, 小鴉鵑, 小鸦雉, 小鸦鹃, 小黄峰, 番鵑
Chinese (Traditional): 印度小鴉鵑, 小毛雞, 小紅毛雞, 小雉喀咕, 小鴉雉, 小鴉鵑, 小黃峰, 番鵑, 番鵑〔小鴉鵑〕
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 番鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 番鹃

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