Species of Thailand
Short-toed coucal
Centropus rectunguis, Hugh Edwin Strickland, 1847
(In Thai: นกกระปูดนิ้วสั้น)
The short-toed coucal (Centropus rectunguis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.
It is threatened by habitat loss.
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Category / Seasonal Status
Wiki listed status (concerning Thai population): Accidental
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Centropus
- Species
- Centropus rectunguis
Common names
- Thai: นกกระปูดนิ้วสั้น
Photos
Range Map
- Hala-Bala Wildlife Sanctuary