Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cuckoos :: Greater Black Coucal

Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki

Described by: Lesson; Garnot (1828)
Alternate common name(s): Ivory-billed Coucal, New Guinea Coucal, Greater Coucal, Jungle Coucal, Menbek's Coucal, Menbeki Coucal
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yapen Island, Papua, Indonesia - 2005 © Mehd Halaouate 
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Range

New Guinea and associated islands;
(1) W. Papuan Is. and New Guinea.
(2) Yapen Is. Numfor Is.
(3) Aru Is.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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