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| Eudynamys scolopacea |
(Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Common koel |
Coucou koel |
Koel común |
Indischer Koel |
| Migration: partial |
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intercontinental |
Resident or makes irregular movements. Resident in tropical areas, nomadic and local migrant in temperate N
parts of range; partial migrant in Nepal. Race chinensis migrates to Borneo. In S Myanmar, abundant March-July
and apparently absent Aug-Nov. Australian populations migratory, many leave after breeding season;
cyanocephala spends austral winter in Indonesia, subcyanocephalus in New Guinea. In Andaman and Nicobar Is,
populations are variable in plumage, females ranging from rufous-crowned to no rufous on head, which suggests
repeated immigration of birds from both India and Malay Peninsula. Irregular in Taiwan; vagrant to
Oman. (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com,
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| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |