Koel

Koel

Taxobox
name = Koel



image_width = 240px
image_caption = Female Asian Koel
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Cuculiformes
familia = Cuculidae
genus = "Eudynamys"
genus_authority = Vigors & Horsfield, 1826
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "Eudynamys melanorhynchus "Eudynamys scolopaceus" "Eudynamys cyanocephalus" "Eudynamys taitensis"
The true koels, "Eudynamys", are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos which eat fruits and insects and have loud distinctive calls. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species.

In New Zealand the Long-tailed Koel is known as the Long-tailed Cuckoo. Two other species, the White-crowned Koel and the Dwarf Koel, are also known as koels but are in their own monotypic genera.

* Genus "Eudynamys" - true koels
** Black-billed Koel, "Eudynamys melanorhynchus"
** Asian Koel, "Eudynamys scolopaceus"
** Australian Koel, "Eudynamys cyanocephalus"
** Long-tailed Koel, "Eudynamys taitensis"
** Henderson Island Koel, "Eudynamis" cf. "taitensis" - prehistoric


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