Palid cuckoo
Heteroscenes pallidus (Latham, 1801)
The palid cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 85.6 g to 89.5 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the palid cuckoo
- Weight
- 85.6 g – 89.5 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
- 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 palid 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 palid 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 palid cuckoo endangered?
The palid 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 palid cuckoo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusHeteroscenes
- SpeciesHeteroscenes pallidus (Latham, 1801)
Synonyms Cacomantis pallidus, Cacomantis pallidus, Cacomantis pallidus pallidus, Columba pallida, Cuculus pallidus, Cuculus poliogaster, Heteroscenes pallidus pallidus
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- Pallid cuckooEnglish
- وقواق شاحبArabic
- cucut pàl·lidCatalan
- kukačka australskáCzech
- Australsk GøgDanish
- BlasskuckuckGerman
- pala kukoloEsperanto
- Cuco pálidoSpanish
- helekäguEstonian
- valkoniskakäkiFinnish
- Coucou pâleFrench
- australska kukavicaCroatian
- Kangkok pucatIndonesian
- Cuculo pallidoItalian
- ハイイロカッコウJapanese
- blyškioji gegutėLithuanian
- Vale KoekoekDutch
- blekgjøkNorwegian
- kukułka bladaPolish
- cuco-pálidoPortuguese
- Бледная кукушкаRussian
- kukučka bledáSlovak
- Bleda kukavicaSerbian
- blekgökSwedish
- Blek BuskgökSwedish
- Boz GugukTurkish
- Solgun gugukTurkish
- зозуля блідаUkrainian
- 淡色杜鹃Chinese
- 蒼色杜鵑Chinese
Relatives of the palid cuckoo
Other species in the same family Cuculidae.
Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Asian koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Jacobin cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Greater coucal
Centropus sinensis
Great spotted cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Greater roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
ComparePalid cuckoo vs Common cuckooPalid cuckoo vs Asian koelPalid cuckoo vs Jacobin cuckooPalid cuckoo vs Greater coucal
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the palid cuckoo?
An adult palid cuckoo weighs 85.6 g – 89.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the palid cuckoo live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the palid cuckoo for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the palid cuckoo endangered?
The palid 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 palid cuckoo?
The palid cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus) 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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