Ivory-billed coucal

Ivory-billed coucal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Centropus
Species: C. menbeki
Binomial name
Centropus menbeki
Lesson & Garnot, 1828

The ivory-billed coucal or greater black coucal (Centropus menbeki) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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