Sunda coucal
| Sunda coucal | |
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| At mangroves near Surabaya, East Java | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Centropus |
| Species: | C. nigrorufus
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| Binomial name | |
| Centropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1817)
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The Sunda coucal (Centropus nigrorufus) is cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae that is endemic to Java in Indonesia. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994, as the population is small and threatened by habitat destruction and trapping.[1]
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and swampland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b BirdLife International (2016). "Centropus nigrorufus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684236A93020531.
External links[]
- BirdLife International (2019). "Javan Coucal Centropus nigrorufus".
Categories:
- IUCN Red List vulnerable species
- Centropus
- Birds of Java
- Birds described in 1817
- Taxa named by Georges Cuvier
- Cuculiformes stubs