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Green-billed coucal

Centropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849

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The green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 244.4 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos)
Photo: John Gerrard Keulemans · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the green-billed coucal

Weight
244.4 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
2.4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the green-billed coucal live?

Not recorded

What is the green-billed coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) is a member of the cuckoos. It is endemic to Sri Lanka's wet zone and listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as the small population declined due to forest destruction and fragmentation.

It inhabits the tall rainforests of southwest Sri Lanka and nests in bushes. Its typical clutch is 2–3 eggs.

From the Wikipedia article “Green-billed coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Green-billed_coucal&oldid=1354295911), 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 green-billed coucal endangered?

The green-billed coucal is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species. What the categories mean.

How is the green-billed coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849

Synonyms Centropus chlororhynchus

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • كوكال أخضر المنقارArabic
  • cucal de Sri LankaCatalan
  • kukačka srílanskáCzech
  • Sri Lanka-sporegøgDanish
  • CeylonkuckuckGerman
  • verdabeka kukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal de CeilánSpanish
  • vandelnokk-kannuskäguEstonian
  • srilankankukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal de CeylanFrench
  • cejlonski kukalCroatian
  • zöldcsőrű bozótkakukkHungarian
  • Cucal beccoverdeItalian
  • Cuculo fagiano dello Sri LankaItalian
  • Cuculo fagiano di Sri LankaItalian
  • セイロンバンケンJapanese
  • šrilankinė pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • CeylonspoorkoekoekDutch
  • grønnebbsporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal jasnodziobyPolish
  • cucal-do-ceilãoPortuguese
  • cucal-de-bico-verdePortuguese
  • Шриланкийский кукальRussian
  • Цейлонская шпорцевая кукушкаRussian
  • බට ඇටි කුකුළාSinhala
  • ostrohár zelenozobýSlovak
  • Zelenokljuni kukalSerbian
  • ceylonsporrgökSwedish
  • Seylan KukalıTurkish
  • Yeşil gagalı kukalTurkish
  • коукал цейлонськийUkrainian
  • 绿嘴鸦鹃Chinese
  • 斯里蘭卡綠嘴鴉鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the green-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 green-billed coucal?

An adult green-billed coucal weighs 244.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the green-billed coucal endangered?

The green-billed coucal is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the green-billed coucal?

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-billed-coucal

MLA

“Green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-billed-coucal.

BibTeX
@misc{green_billed_coucal_2026,
  title = {Green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/green-billed-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}