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White crowned cuckoo

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Scientific name
  
Caliechthrus leucolophus

Higher classification
  
Caliechthrus

Order
  
Cuculiformes

Family
  
Cuculidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Species

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Genus
  
Cacomantis Cabanis & Heine, 1863

Similar
  
Black‑billed coucal, Moluccan cuckoo, Sulawesi cuckoo, White‑necked coucal, Pied bronze cuckoo

The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Cacomantis leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the monotypic genus Caliechthrus but it has a similar song to cuckoos of the genus Cacomantis and is genetically similar to the pallid cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus), so most taxonomists place it there. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, occurring on New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island.

References

White-crowned cuckoo Wikipedia