Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis)
About the Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo
The long-tailed koel (Urodynamis taitensis), also known as the long-tailed cuckoo, Pacific long-tailed cuckoo, sparrow hawk, home owl, screecher, screamer or koekoeā in Māori, is a species of the Cuculidae bird family (the cuckoos). It is the only species placed in the genus Urodynamis. It is a migratory bird that spends spring and summer in New Zealand, its only breeding place, and spends winter in the Pacific islands. It is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of other bird species and leaving them to raise its chicks.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 15 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-SA · 1 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.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in New Zealand, United States in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Other birds you can hear here
- Australasian SwamphenPorphyrio melanotusrecording
- Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicarecording
These are the birds recorded alongside it, not close relatives — the site holds no other member of its genus or family yet.