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Pheasant coucal

Centropus phasianinus (Latham, 1801)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 307.8 g to 444.9 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
Photo: James Niland from Brisbane, Australia · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the pheasant coucal

Weight
307.8 g – 444.9 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Invertivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
3.65 – 3.9src 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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the pheasant coucal 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 pheasant coucal is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the pheasant coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Australia, Timor and New Guinea.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It has adapted well to canefields in northern Australia. The pheasant coucal is unusual among Australian cuckoos in that it incubates and raises its own young instead of laying its eggs in the nest of another species.

From the Wikipedia article “Pheasant coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pheasant_coucal&oldid=1379919958), 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 pheasant coucal endangered?

The pheasant 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.

How is the pheasant coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus phasianinus (Latham, 1801)

Synonyms Cuculus phasianinus

Other names and names in other languages (34)
  • كوكال تدرجيArabic
  • cucal faisàCatalan
  • kukačka bažantíCzech
  • cwcal ffesantaiddWelsh
  • FasansporegøgDanish
  • FasanschwanzkuckuckGerman
  • FasanspornkuckuckGerman
  • fazankukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal faisánSpanish
  • faasan-kannuskäguEstonian
  • fasaanikukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal faisanFrench
  • širokorepi kukalCroatian
  • fácánfarkú bozótkakukkHungarian
  • Bubut ayamIndonesian
  • Cucal fagianoItalian
  • キジバンケンJapanese
  • 꿩파수계Korean
  • fazaninė pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • FazantspoorkoekoekDutch
  • fasansporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal bażanciPolish
  • cucal-faisãoPortuguese
  • Фазаний кукальRussian
  • Фазанья шпорцевая кукушкаRussian
  • ostrohár bažantíSlovak
  • Fazanoliki kukalSerbian
  • fasansporrgökSwedish
  • นกกะปูดพิราบThai
  • Sülün KukalıTurkish
  • коукал смугастохвостийUkrainian
  • 雉鴉鵑Chinese
  • 雉形鴉鵑Chinese
  • 雉鸦鹃Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the pheasant coucal

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the pheasant coucal?

An adult pheasant coucal weighs 307.8 g – 444.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the pheasant coucal live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the pheasant coucal for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the pheasant coucal endangered?

The pheasant 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 pheasant coucal?

The pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus) 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{pheasant_coucal_2026,
  title = {Pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pheasant-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}