Black-eared cuckoo
Chalcites osculans Gould, 1847
The black-eared cuckoo (Chalcites osculans) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 29.4 g to 32.2 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the black-eared cuckoo
- Weight
- 29.4 g – 32.2 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
- 1src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc 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-eared cuckoo 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-eared cuckoo is listed for 1 country.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Is the black-eared cuckoo endangered?
The black-eared cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- 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-eared cuckoo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusChalcites
- SpeciesChalcites osculans Gould, 1847
Synonyms Chalcites osculans osculans, Chrysococcyx osculans, Cuculus palliolatus, Misocalius osculans, Misocallus osculans, Owenavis osculans rogersi
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- وقواق برونزي أسود الأذنArabic
- cucut bronzat de pit cremósCatalan
- kukačka černoucháCzech
- Hvidbrynet BronzegøgDanish
- SchwarzohrkuckuckGerman
- nigrorela kukoloEsperanto
- Cuclillo orejinegroSpanish
- Cuclillo de Orejas NegrasSpanish
- mustkõrv-käguEstonian
- mustakorvakäkiFinnish
- Coucou oreillardFrench
- Kedasi telinga-hitamIndonesian
- Cuculo guancenereItalian
- ミミグロカッコウJapanese
- juodaausė bronzinė gegutėLithuanian
- ZwartoorkoekoekDutch
- svartøregjøkNorwegian
- kukułeczka czarnouchaPolish
- cuco-de-orelha-pretaPortuguese
- cuco-d'orelhas-pretasPortuguese
- cuco-de-orelhas-pretasPortuguese
- Черноухая кукушкаRussian
- Черноухая бронзовая кукушкаRussian
- kukučka čiernoslucháSlovak
- Crnouha kukavicaSerbian
- svartörad glansgökSwedish
- Kara Kulaklı GugukTurkish
- дідрик австралійськийUkrainian
- 黑耳金鵑Chinese
- 黑耳金鹃Chinese
Relatives of the black-eared cuckoo
Other species in the same genus Chalcites.
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo
Chalcites basalis
Shining bronze cuckoo
Chalcites lucidus
Pied bronze cuckoo
Chalcites crassirostris
Long-billed cuckoo
Chalcites megarhynchus
White-eared bronze cuckoo
Chalcites meyerii
Little bronze cuckoo
Chalcites minutillus
CompareBlack-eared cuckoo vs Horsfield's bronze cuckooBlack-eared cuckoo vs Shining bronze cuckooBlack-eared cuckoo vs Pied bronze cuckooBlack-eared cuckoo vs Long-billed cuckoo
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black-eared cuckoo?
An adult black-eared cuckoo weighs 29.4 g – 32.2 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the black-eared cuckoo live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the black-eared cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the black-eared cuckoo endangered?
The black-eared cuckoo 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-eared cuckoo?
The black-eared cuckoo (Chalcites osculans) 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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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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