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[[Image:Asian_Koel.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male Asian Koel<br>Photo by {{user|anonymous_guy|anonymous_guy}}<br>Location:  Lamma Island, [[Hong Kong]]]]
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[[Image:Asian_Koel.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male Asian Koel<br />Photo by {{user|anonymous_guy|anonymous_guy}}<br />Lamma Island, [[Hong Kong]]]]
 
;[[:Category:Eudynamys|Eudynamys]] scolopacea
 
;[[:Category:Eudynamys|Eudynamys]] scolopacea
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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45 cm. '''Male''' - bluish-black, pale green bill, red eyes, grey legs and feet. ''' Female''' - brownish above and whitish below, heavily striped and spotted brown on the underparts and white on the upperparts, olive or green beak and red eyes. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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40-45cm<br />
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'''Male''':
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*Bluish-black
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*Pale green bill
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*Red eyes
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*Grey legs and feet<br />
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'''Female''':<br />
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*Brownish upperparts with white spots
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*Whitish underparts heavily striped and spotted brown
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*Olive or green beak
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*Red eyes
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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[[Image:Australian Koel - Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female Asian Koel<br>Photo by {{user|IanC|IanC}} <br> Location: Port Macquarie NSW, [[Australia]]]]
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[[Image:Australian Koel - Female.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female Asian Koel<br>Photo by {{user|IanC|IanC}} <br /> Location: Port Macquarie [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]]]
 
Found from southern [[Asia]], [[China]], and into [[Australia]].
 
Found from southern [[Asia]], [[China]], and into [[Australia]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
 
Formerly also "Common Koel".  
 
Formerly also "Common Koel".  
  
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Asian Koel with thirteen subspecies were split from [[Australian Koel ]] and [[Black-billed Koel]] by some authorities, however, others still think that the best treatment is to consider all three as one species which would then be named Common Koel, ''Eudynamys scolopacea''.
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Asian Koel with thirteen subspecies were split from [[Australian Koel]] and [[Black-billed Koel]] by some authorities, however, others still think that the best treatment is to consider all three as one species which would then be named Common Koel, ''Eudynamys scolopacea''.
  
 
At least one authority goes the other way and want to split subspecies ''orientalis'' from the rest of Asian Koel: the new species if accepted would become Pacific Koel, ''Eudynamys orientalis''.
 
At least one authority goes the other way and want to split subspecies ''orientalis'' from the rest of Asian Koel: the new species if accepted would become Pacific Koel, ''Eudynamys orientalis''.
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>====
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[[Image:25320Asian Koel-Female Imm .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile <br />Photo by {{user|bankim|bankim}}<br />Ahmedabad, Gujarat, [[India]], July 2005]]
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*''E. s. scolopaceus'':
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:*[[Nepal]] to [[Pakistan]], [[India]], [[Sri Lanka]], Laccadives and [[Maldives]]
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*''E. s. chinensis'':
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:*Southern [[China]] and [[Indochina]]; winters to [[Borneo]]
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*''E. s. harterti'':
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:*Hainan (southern [[China]])
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*''E. s. malayanus'' (dolosa):
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:*North-eastern [[India]] to [[Thailand]], [[Malaya]], [[Sumatra]], [[Borneo]] and [[Lesser Sundas]]
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*''E. s. simalurensis'':
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:*Simeulue Island (off western [[Sumatra]])
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*''E. s. frater'':
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:*Northern [[Philippines]] (Calayan and Fuga)
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*''E. s. mindanensis'':
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:*[[Philippines]], Palawan, Sulu Archaepelago, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands
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*''E. s. corvinus'':
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:*Northern [[Moluccas]] (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan)
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*''E. s. orientalis'':
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:*Southern [[Moluccas]] (Buru, Manipa, Kelang, Seram, Ambon, Watubela)
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*''E. s. picatus'':
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:*Kai Islands and Sumba to [[Timor]] and Roma
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*''E. s. rufiventer'':
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:*[[New Guinea]]
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*''E. s. salvadorii'':
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:*Bismarck Archipelago
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*''E. s. alberti'':
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:*[[Solomon Islands]]
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Light woodland and cultivation.
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Light woodland and on the fringes of urban areas, mangrove, scrub, plantations, orchards, gardens, parks, rare in forests
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==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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A brood parasite, it lays a single egg.
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====Breeding====
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These birds are what you call brood-parasitic, meaning it lays its eggs in nest of [[Large-billed Crow]], and [[House Crow]].
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The diet includes insects, caterpillars, eggs and small vertebrates. Adults feed mainly on fruit. It has occasionally been known to take eggs of small birds. <sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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====Diet====
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Whilst the adults feed mainly on fruit, their diet also includes insects, caterpillars, eggs and small vertebrates.  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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#[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Koel Wikipedia]
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#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Wikipedia
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Eudynamys+scolopacea}}  
 
{{GSearch|Eudynamys+scolopacea}}  
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eudynamys]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Eudynamys]]

Revision as of 17:53, 6 July 2009

Male Asian Koel
Photo by anonymous_guy
Lamma Island, Hong Kong
Eudynamys scolopacea

Identification

40-45cm
Male:

  • Bluish-black
  • Pale green bill
  • Red eyes
  • Grey legs and feet

Female:

  • Brownish upperparts with white spots
  • Whitish underparts heavily striped and spotted brown
  • Olive or green beak
  • Red eyes

Distribution

Female Asian Koel
Photo by IanC
Location: Port Macquarie New South Wales, Australia

Found from southern Asia, China, and into Australia.

Taxonomy

Formerly also "Common Koel".

Asian Koel with thirteen subspecies were split from Australian Koel and Black-billed Koel by some authorities, however, others still think that the best treatment is to consider all three as one species which would then be named Common Koel, Eudynamys scolopacea.

At least one authority goes the other way and want to split subspecies orientalis from the rest of Asian Koel: the new species if accepted would become Pacific Koel, Eudynamys orientalis.

Subspecies[1]

Juvenile
Photo by bankim
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, July 2005
  • E. s. scolopaceus:
  • E. s. chinensis:
  • E. s. harterti:
  • E. s. malayanus (dolosa):
  • E. s. simalurensis:
  • Simeulue Island (off western Sumatra)
  • E. s. frater:
  • E. s. mindanensis:
  • Philippines, Palawan, Sulu Archaepelago, Sangihe Island and Talaud Islands
  • E. s. corvinus:
  • Northern Moluccas (Morotai, Halmahera, Ternate, Tidore and Bacan)
  • E. s. orientalis:
  • Southern Moluccas (Buru, Manipa, Kelang, Seram, Ambon, Watubela)
  • E. s. picatus:
  • Kai Islands and Sumba to Timor and Roma
  • E. s. rufiventer:
  • E. s. salvadorii:
  • Bismarck Archipelago
  • E. s. alberti:

Habitat

Light woodland and on the fringes of urban areas, mangrove, scrub, plantations, orchards, gardens, parks, rare in forests

Behaviour

Breeding

These birds are what you call brood-parasitic, meaning it lays its eggs in nest of Large-billed Crow, and House Crow.

Diet

Whilst the adults feed mainly on fruit, their diet also includes insects, caterpillars, eggs and small vertebrates.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia
  3. BF Member observations

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