Species profile—Cuculus optatus (oriental cuckoo)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Cuculidae (cuckoos) → Cuculus optatus (oriental cuckoo)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Cuculidae (cuckoos)
- Scientific name
- Cuculus optatus Blyth, 1843
- Common name
- oriental cuckoo
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1736
- Synonym(s)
- Cuculus saturatus
- Alternate name(s)
- Himalayan cuckoo
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- SL
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1736.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
