CreatureData

Goliath coucal

Centropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850

LCLeast Concernbirds

The goliath coucal (Centropus goliath) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 398.8 g to 621.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Goliath coucal (Centropus goliath)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the goliath coucal

Weight
398.8 g – 621.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the goliath coucal live?

Not recorded

What is the goliath coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The goliath coucal (Centropus goliath) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in the northern Maluku Islands.

From the Wikipedia article “Goliath coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Goliath_coucal&oldid=1364464123), 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 goliath coucal endangered?

The goliath 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 goliath coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850
Other names and names in other languages (31)
  • كوكال جالوتيArabic
  • kukačka goliášCzech
  • cwcal goliathWelsh
  • Kæmpe SporegøgDanish
  • GoliathkuckuckGerman
  • Goliath-KuckuckGerman
  • goljata kukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal goliatSpanish
  • suur-kannuskäguEstonian
  • isokukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal goliathFrench
  • veliki kukalCroatian
  • óriás-bozótkakukkHungarian
  • Bubut goliathIndonesian
  • Cucal goliaItalian
  • オニバンケンJapanese
  • gigantiškoji pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • GoliathspoorkoekoekDutch
  • goliatsporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal olbrzymiPolish
  • cucal-goliasPortuguese
  • Кукаль-голиафRussian
  • Шпорцевая кукушка голиафRussian
  • ostrohár moluckýSlovak
  • Džinovski kukalSerbian
  • goliatsporrgökSwedish
  • Zalim KukalTurkish
  • Goliath kukalıTurkish
  • коукал білокрилийUkrainian
  • 巨鸦鹃Chinese
  • 哥利亞斯鴉鵑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the goliath coucal

Other species in the same genus Centropus.

CompareGoliath coucal vs Greater coucalGoliath coucal vs Lesser coucalGoliath coucal vs Senegal coucalGoliath coucal vs Black coucal

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the goliath coucal?

An adult goliath coucal weighs 398.8 g – 621.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the goliath coucal endangered?

The goliath 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 goliath coucal?

The goliath coucal (Centropus goliath) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Goliath coucal (Centropus goliath). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/goliath-coucal

MLA

“Goliath coucal (Centropus goliath).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/goliath-coucal.

BibTeX
@misc{goliath_coucal_2026,
  title = {Goliath coucal (Centropus goliath)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/goliath-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}