The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Cacomantis but is now the only species placed in the genus Caliechthrus. It is found in New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island.
| White-crowned cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Caliechthrus Cabanis & Heine 1862 |
| Species: | C. leucolophus
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| Binomial name | |
| Caliechthrus leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840)
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| Synonyms | |
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Cacomantis leucolophus | |
It was originally described in 1840 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller as Cuculus leucolophus.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Caliechthrus leucolophus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684032A93012243. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684032A93012243.en.
- ^ Müller, Salomon (1840). "Bijdragen tot de kennis van Nieuw-Guinea". Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlandsche Overzeesche Bezittingen (in Dutch). Vol. 1. Land-en Volkenkunde. Leiden: In commissie bij. S. en J. Luchtmans en C.C. van der Hoek. pp. 22, 233.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 35.
- BirdLife International 2004. Caliechthrus leucolophus.
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