Species profile—Eudynamys orientalis (eastern koel)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Cuculidae (parasitic cuckoos and coucals) → Eudynamys orientalis (eastern koel)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Cuculidae (parasitic cuckoos and coucals)
- 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
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
