Female (nominate race)
Calls (recorded in Singapore) Song of male, Maldives Asian Koel (recorded in Kochi, India) Male Asian Koel (recorded in Chon Buri, Thailand)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Eudynamys
Species:
E. scolopaceus
Binomial name
Eudynamys scolopaceus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
The distribution of Asian koel in black[2]
Synonyms
Cuculus scolopaceusLinnaeus, 1758
Cuculus honoratusLinnaeus, 1766
The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)[3][4] is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian koel like many of its related cuckoo kin is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young. They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults.[5] The name koel is echoic in origin with several language variants. The bird is a widely used symbol in Indian and Nepali poetry.[6][additional citation(s) needed]
^BirdLife International (2016). "Eudynamys scolopaceus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684049A93012559. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684049A93012559.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^Johnsgard, PA (1997). The avian brood parasites: deception at the nest. Oxford University Press. p. 259. ISBN 0-19-511042-0.
^David, N & Gosselin, M (2002). "The grammatical gender of avian genera". Bull B.O.C. 122: 257–282.
^Penard, TE (1919). "The name of the black cuckoo" (PDF). Auk. 36 (4): 569–570. doi:10.2307/4073368. JSTOR 4073368.
^Corlett, RT & IKW Ping (1995). "Frugivory by Koels in Hong Kong" (PDF). Mem. Hong Kong Nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 221–222. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2005-12-03. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
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Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian koel...
of the 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article Koel. The true koels, Eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. They are large...
The Pacific koel (Eudynamys orientalis), also known as the eastern koel or formerly common koel, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. In Australia...
For example, the Asiankoels breeding in India have black offspring to resemble their crow hosts, whereas in the Australian koels the chicks are brown...
the Indian peafowl, grey heron, Eurasian golden oriole, purple sunbird, Asiankoel, Brahminy starling, Indian silverbill, grey-breasted prinia, crested honey...
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is made up of 28 states and 8 union territories. All Indian states have their own...
turning purple or black when ripe. These are eaten by birds such as the Asiankoel, Eudynamys scolopaceus, and fruit bats, including flying foxes. The leaves...
to feed on them without any ill effects. These include the sunbirds, Asiankoel, red-whiskered bulbul, white-browed bulbul, red-vented bulbul, brahminy...
including the Asiankoel and the channel-billed cuckoo, though both also consume a small but significant quantity of animal matter. The dwarf koel may be entirely...
long-billed pipit. In summer about 11 species of migratory birds such as Asiankoel, black-crowned night heron, grey heron, Indian golden oriole, knob-billed...
occasionally there are several nests in the same tree. In South Asia they are parasitized by the Asiankoel. Peak breeding in India as well as Peninsular Malaysia...
sloth bear, Asian palm civet, Indian hare, jungle cat and Indian pangolin are to be seen in the wild. Birds such as Indian peafowl, Asiankoel, Indian grey...
number of native and exotic birds, including: Alexandrine parakeet AsiankoelAsian openbill Barbary dove Barn owl Black-crowned night heron Black-headed...
incubation period is 17 to 18 days and fledging period is 22 to 24 days. The Asiankoel is sometimes brood parasitic on this species. Nesting material used by...
young fledge in about a month. The nests are sometimes parasitized by the Asiankoel, although not as frequently as the house crow. Whistler, Hugh; Kinnear...
Philippines) The Coleto was a recently discovered host of the brood parasitic AsianKoel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) in the Philippines. BirdLife International (2016)...
"cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 33 genera, some of which have only one species...
include the earliest reference to the habit of brood parasitism by the Asiankoel (Eudynamys scolopaceus). Like writing, the early art of China, Japan,...
fledglings at the nest of their parents. Cases of brood parasitism by the Asiankoel have been noted. An average breeding success of 44% has been noted with...
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