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Chestnut-winged cuckoo

Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 74.6 g to 76 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
Photo: Rushen · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the chestnut-winged cuckoo

Weight
74.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the chestnut-winged cuckoo

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Chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
Sandeep Gangadharan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the chestnut-winged cuckoo live?

Not recorded

What is the chestnut-winged cuckoo?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The chestnut-winged cuckoo or red-winged crested cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar. They breed along the Himalayas and migrate south in winter to Sri Lanka, southern India and tropical Southeast Asia including parts of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It is about 47 cm (19 in) long.

From the Wikipedia article “Chestnut-winged cuckoo” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chestnut-winged_cuckoo&oldid=1330632783), 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 chestnut-winged cuckoo endangered?

The chestnut-winged cuckoo 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 chestnut-winged cuckoo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusClamator
  7. SpeciesClamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Synonyms Cuculus coromandus

Other names and names in other languages (46)
  • وقواق كستنائي الجناحArabic
  • খয়েরি-ডানা পাপিয়াBangla
  • cucut reial orientalCatalan
  • kukačka hnědokřídláCzech
  • cog gribogWelsh
  • Rødvinget SkadegøgDanish
  • KoromandelkuckuckGerman
  • Koromandel-KuckuckGerman
  • Ruĝflugila kukoloEsperanto
  • kaŝtanflugila kukoloEsperanto
  • Criálo OrientalSpanish
  • Críalo orientalSpanish
  • aasia harakkäguEstonian
  • intiantöyhtökäkiFinnish
  • Coucou à collierFrench
  • Oxylophe à collierFrench
  • kestenjastokrila kukavicaCroatian
  • Koromandel-kakukkHungarian
  • Bubut-pacar jambulIndonesian
  • Cuculo alicastaneItalian
  • カンムリカッコウJapanese
  • 밤색날개뻐꾸기Korean
  • rudasparnė kuoduotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • bērspārnu cekuldzeguzeLatvian
  • ഉപ്പൻകുയിൽMalayalam
  • Burung Sewah BerjambulMalay
  • အတောင်နီခွေးခေါ်ရစ်Burmese
  • CoromandelkoekoekDutch
  • brunvingegjøkNorwegian
  • kukułka rdzawoskrzydłaPolish
  • cuco-de-colarPortuguese
  • cuco-d'asa-castanhaPortuguese
  • Каштановокрылая кукушкаRussian
  • Каштановокрылая хохлатая кукушкаRussian
  • kukavica hnedokrídlaSlovak
  • Smeđokrila ćubasta kukavicaSerbian
  • rödvingad skatgökSwedish
  • นกคัคคูหงอนThai
  • Kestane kanatlı gugukTurkish
  • Kestane Kanatlı Tepeli GugukTurkish
  • зозуля каштановокрилаUkrainian
  • 栗翅鳳鵑Chinese
  • 冠郭公Chinese
  • 冠郭公〔紅翅鳳頭鵑，栗翅鳳頭鵑〕Chinese
  • 紅翅鳳頭鵑Chinese
  • 红翅凤头鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the chestnut-winged cuckoo

Other species in the same genus Clamator.

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Common questions

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How big is the chestnut-winged cuckoo?

An adult chestnut-winged cuckoo weighs 74.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the chestnut-winged cuckoo endangered?

The chestnut-winged 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 chestnut-winged cuckoo?

The chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.

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BibTeX
@misc{chestnut_winged_cuckoo_2026,
  title = {Chestnut-winged cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/chestnut-winged-cuckoo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}