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Black-billed coucal

Centropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866

LCLeast Concernbirds

The black-billed coucal (Centropus bernsteini) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 145.5 g to 180 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Black-billed coucal (Centropus bernsteini)
Photo: Joseph Morlan · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the black-billed coucal

Weight
145.5 g – 180 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the black-billed coucal live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The black-billed coucal is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the black-billed coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The black-billed coucal or lesser black coucal (Centropus bernsteini) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in New Guinea.

From the Wikipedia article “Black-billed coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black-billed_coucal&oldid=1380704827), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the black-billed coucal endangered?

The black-billed coucal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the black-billed coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866

Synonyms Centropus bernsteini bernsteini, Centropus bernsteini manam

Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Lesser black coucalEnglish
  • كوكال أسود صغيرArabic
  • cucal negre petitCatalan
  • kukačka BernsteinovaCzech
  • kukačka novoguinejskáCzech
  • cwcal BernsteinWelsh
  • BusksporegøgDanish
  • BernsteinkuckuckGerman
  • Berstein-KuckuckGerman
  • novgvinea kukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal de BernsteinSpanish
  • võsa-kannuskäguEstonian
  • variskukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal de BernsteinFrench
  • blistavi kukalCroatian
  • feketecsőrű bozótkakukkHungarian
  • Bubut hitamIndonesian
  • Cucal nero minoreItalian
  • アカジマバンケンJapanese
  • 검은부리코칼Korean
  • Bernšteino pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • Bernsteins SpoorkoekoekDutch
  • iriansporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal papuaskiPolish
  • cucal-de-bico-pretoPortuguese
  • Черноклювый кукальRussian
  • Шпорцевая кукушка БернштейнаRussian
  • ostrohár trstinovýSlovak
  • Mali crni kukalSerbian
  • mindre svartsporrgökSwedish
  • svartnäbbad sporrgökSwedish
  • Bernstein KukalıTurkish
  • Küçük kara kukalTurkish
  • коукал новогвінейськийUkrainian
  • 小黑鸦鹃Chinese
  • 新幾內亞小鴉鵑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the black-billed coucal

Other species in the same genus Centropus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the black-billed coucal?

An adult black-billed coucal weighs 145.5 g – 180 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the black-billed coucal live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the black-billed coucal for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the black-billed coucal endangered?

The black-billed coucal is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the black-billed coucal?

The black-billed coucal (Centropus bernsteini) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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BibTeX
@misc{black_billed_coucal_2026,
  title = {Black-billed coucal (Centropus bernsteini)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/black-billed-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}