Species factsheet

Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)

Order: Centropus bengalensis
Family: Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Danish name: Bengalsporegøg

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

bengalensis

India and Nepal to Burma, Thailand and Indochina

lignator

s and se China, Hainan, Taiwan

javanensis

Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Palawan and Sulu Is. (Philippines)

philippinensis

Philippines ( except Palawan and Sulu Is.)

sarasinorum

Sulawsi and Lesser Sundas

medius

Moluccas

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