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Malagasy coucal

Centropus toulou (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The malagasy coucal (Centropus toulou) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 136.2 g to 203.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Malagasy coucal (Centropus toulou)
Photo: Frank Vassen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the malagasy coucal

Weight
136.2 g – 203.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
15 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2.4src 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
Not recorded

Where does the malagasy coucal live?

Not recorded

What is the malagasy coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The Malagasy coucal or Madagascar coucal (Centropus toulou) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Madagascar and in the Seychelles, where it occurs on Aldabra and was formerly present on Assumption Island and Cosmoledo. Its natural habitats are dense vegetation in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, mangrove forests, rough grassland, marshes and reedbeds.

From the Wikipedia article “Malagasy coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malagasy_coucal&oldid=1380565819), 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 malagasy coucal endangered?

The malagasy 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 malagasy coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus toulou (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)

Synonyms Cuculus toulou, Grillia grillii

Other names and names in other languages (43)
  • MACOEnglish
  • Madagascar black coucalEnglish
  • Madagascar black coucalEnglish
  • Madagascar coucalEnglish
  • Madagascar coucalEnglish
  • كوكال مدغشقريArabic
  • cucal de MadagascarCatalan
  • kukačka tolohoCzech
  • kukačka malgašskáCzech
  • cwcal duWelsh
  • MadagaskarsporegøgDanish
  • Madagascar SporegøgDanish
  • TulukuckuckGerman
  • Tulu-KuckuckGerman
  • madagaskara kukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal malgacheSpanish
  • madagaskari kannuskäguEstonian
  • madagaskarinkukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal toulouFrench
  • Coucal malgacheFrench
  • madagaszkári bozótkakukkHungarian
  • Cucal del MadagascarItalian
  • Cuculo fagiano malgascioItalian
  • アフリカバンケンJapanese
  • 검은코칼Korean
  • 마다가스카코칼Korean
  • madagaskarinė pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • MonjoMalagasy
  • TolohoMalagasy
  • ToeloespoorkoekoekDutch
  • tolosporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal malgaskiPolish
  • cucal-malgaxePortuguese
  • Мадагаскарский кукальRussian
  • Мадагаскарская шпорцевая кукушкаRussian
  • ostrohár tolohoSlovak
  • Madagaskarski kukalSerbian
  • madagaskarsporrgökSwedish
  • Madagaskar kukalıTurkish
  • Magadaskar KukalıTurkish
  • коукал мадагаскарськийUkrainian
  • 马岛小鸦鹃Chinese
  • 馬達加斯加小鴉鵑Chinese

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Relatives of the malagasy 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 malagasy coucal?

An adult malagasy coucal weighs 136.2 g – 203.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the malagasy coucal endangered?

The malagasy 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 malagasy coucal?

The malagasy coucal (Centropus toulou) 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{malagasy_coucal_2026,
  title = {Malagasy coucal (Centropus toulou)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/malagasy-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}