Oriental Cuckoo

Overview

Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) is a species of Cuckoos (Cuculidae) in the order Cuckoos.

Scientific Classification

Genus: Cuculus; binomial: Cuculus optatus; authority: Gould, 1845.

Distribution

Breeding range: the Palearctic. Non-breeding range: se Asia, Philippines and Indonesian Arch. to n, e Australia, New Guinea and satellites, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is..

Conservation Status

This taxon is listed as Extant (living) in the IOC World Bird List.

Remarks

Cuculus optatus is split from C. saturatus (King 2005; Payne 2005); BLI and AOU recognize. Assumes English name of Oriental Cuckoo. See also Xia et al. (2016).