Ivory-billed coucal

Ivory-billed coucal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Centropus
Species: C. menbeki
Binomial name
Centropus menbeki
Lesson & Garnot, 1828

The ivory-billed coucal or greater black coucal (Centropus menbeki) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Centropus menbeki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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