Species profile—Eudynamys orientalis (eastern koel)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Cuculidae (cuckoos) → Eudynamys orientalis (eastern koel)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Cuculidae (cuckoos)
- Scientific name
- Eudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- eastern koel
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1738
- Synonym(s)
- Eudynamys scolopacea
Eudynamys scolopacea subcyanocephala
Eudynamys scolopacea cyanocephala
Eudynamys orientalis cyanocephala
Eudynamys cyanocephala
Eudynamys orientalis subcyanocephala
Eudynamys australis
Eudynamys flindersii
Cuculus cyanocephalus
Cuculus orientalis - Alternate name(s)
- common koel
storm bird
Pacific koel
Indian koel
Australian koel
Asian koel
cooee bird
stormbird
rain bird - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- 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=1738.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
