White-crowned Cuckoo (Cacomantis leucolophus)
About the White-crowned Cuckoo
The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Cacomantis but is now the only species placed in the genus Caliechthrus. It is found in New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island. It was originally described in 1840 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller as Cuculus leucolophus. BirdLife International 2004. Caliechthrus leucolophus.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 32 recordings for this species: 7 CC BY-NC-SA · 2 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratiirecording
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformisrecording
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinusrecording
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.