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White-necked coucal

Centropus ateralbus R. Lesson, 1826

LCLeast Concernbirds

The white-necked coucal (Centropus ateralbus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 325 g to 339 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

White-necked coucal (Centropus ateralbus)
Photo: Duperrey, Voyage autour du monde ... sur la corvette ... La Coquille, pl. 33 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the white-necked coucal

Weight
325 g – 339 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 – 2.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc 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 white-necked 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 white-necked 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

Why a country list is not a range map

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

What is the white-necked coucal?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The white-necked coucal or pied coucal (Centropus ateralbus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

From the Wikipedia article “White-necked coucal” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=White-necked_coucal&oldid=1379930147), 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 white-necked coucal endangered?

The white-necked 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 white-necked coucal classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCuculiformes
  5. familyCuculidae
  6. genusCentropus
  7. SpeciesCentropus ateralbus R. Lesson, 1826
Other names and names in other languages (35)
  • Pied coucalEnglish
  • Pied coucalEnglish
  • كوكال أبقعArabic
  • كوكال مبرقشArabic
  • كوكال أبيض العنقArabic
  • cucal blanc i negreCatalan
  • kukačka stračíCzech
  • cwcal Prydain NewyddWelsh
  • Broget SporegøgDanish
  • WeißkopfkuckuckGerman
  • nigrablanka kukaloEsperanto
  • Cucal blanquinegroSpanish
  • pugal-kannuskäguEstonian
  • kirjokukaaliFinnish
  • Coucal atralbinFrench
  • crno-bijeli kukalCroatian
  • Cucal bianconeroItalian
  • ニューブリテンバンケンJapanese
  • 흰목코칼Korean
  • Naujosios Britanijos pentinuotoji gegutėLithuanian
  • BismarckspoorkoekoekDutch
  • trommesporegjøkNorwegian
  • kukal srokatyPolish
  • cucal-alvinegroPortuguese
  • cucal-de-pescoço-brancoPortuguese
  • Белогорлый кукальRussian
  • Белоголовая шпорцевая кукушкаRussian
  • ostrohár strakatýSlovak
  • Crno-beli kukalSerbian
  • svartvit sporrgökSwedish
  • Alaca KukalTurkish
  • Benekli kukalTurkish
  • коукал строкатийUkrainian
  • 杂色鸦鹃Chinese
  • 新不列顛鴉鵑Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the white-necked 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 white-necked coucal?

An adult white-necked coucal weighs 325 g – 339 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the white-necked coucal live?

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

Is the white-necked coucal endangered?

The white-necked 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 white-necked coucal?

The white-necked coucal (Centropus ateralbus) 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{white_necked_coucal_2026,
  title = {White-necked coucal (Centropus ateralbus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/white-necked-coucal},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}