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**''E. o. picatus'': on Kai Islands, Sumba to Timor and Roma | **''E. o. picatus'': on Kai Islands, Sumba to Timor and Roma | ||
**''E. o. rufiventer'': on [[New Guinea]] | **''E. o. rufiventer'': on [[New Guinea]] | ||
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**''E. o. salvadorii'': on the Bismarck Archipelago | **''E. o. salvadorii'': on the Bismarck Archipelago | ||
**''E. o. alberti'': on the [[Solomon Islands]] | **''E. o. alberti'': on the [[Solomon Islands]] | ||
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It is also colloquially known as the Rainbird or Stormbird in eastern [[Australia]], as its call is supposed to foreshadow rain. | It is also colloquially known as the Rainbird or Stormbird in eastern [[Australia]], as its call is supposed to foreshadow rain. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Eudynamys+orientalis}} | {{GSearch|Eudynamys+orientalis}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eudynamys]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eudynamys]] | ||
Revision as of 00:47, 6 September 2020
- Eudynamys orientalis
Identification
Male:
- Glossy black plumage, tinged with blue and green
- Red eye
Female:
- Glossy brown upperparts, heavily spotted with white
- Black crown
- Buff-cream underparts with fine black bars
Juvenile: resembles the adult female, but is more buff and has a dark eye.
Distribution
Southern Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands and north-west Australia along the north coast and down to New South Wales. Australian Birds winter in the Moluccan Islands.
Taxonomy
Formerly treated conspecific with Asian Koel and Black-billed Koel.
Subspecies[1]
Seven subspecies in two groups:
- Oriental Koel
- E. o. orientalis: in southern Molucccas (Buru, Manipa, Kelang, Seram, Ambon, Watubela)
- E. o. picatus: on Kai Islands, Sumba to Timor and Roma
- E. o. rufiventer: on New Guinea
- E. o. hybrida: Long Islands (Crown, Long, and Tolokiwa), between New Guinea and New Britain
- E. o. salvadorii: on the Bismarck Archipelago
- E. o. alberti: on the Solomon Islands
- Australian Koel
- E. o. subcyanocephalus: North-western Australia to north-western Queensland; winters to southern Moluccas
- E. o. cyanocephalus: Northern Queensland to southern New South Wales; winters to Moluccas
Habitat
Tall forests and suburbs and golf courses.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes fruit, particularly figs.
Breeding
It is a brood parasite, laying 1 egg.
In Culture
It is also colloquially known as the Rainbird or Stormbird in eastern Australia, as its call is supposed to foreshadow rain.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Birds in Backyards
- BirdForum Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Pacific Koel. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Pacific_Koel
