Centropus chlororhynchos

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Cuculiformes/Cuculidae/Centropus

At a glance

Occurrence records2 542

Data sources6

Biological traits23

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Centropus chlororhynchos's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 542 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources23 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF2 542 records

01Narrative

The green-billed coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) is a member of the cuckoos. It is endemic to Sri Lanka's wet zone and listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, as the small population declined due to forest destruction and fragmentation. It inhabits the tall rainforests of southwest Sri Lanka and nests in bushes. Its typical clutch is 2–3 eggs.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETEltonTraitsAmnioteDB

Size & morphology11

Beak depth16.4 mm

Beak length (culmen)42.4 mm

Beak length (nares)26.9 mm

Beak width8.1 mm

Body mass244 g

Hand-wing index8.1

Kipp's distance13.2 mm

Secondary length151 mm

Tail length241 mm

Tarsus length46.3 mm

Wing length165 mm

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size2.4

Diet & foraging7

Canopy10 %

Ground50 %

Invertebrate100 %

Midhigh20 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory20 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleGeneralist

Range size12 120 km²

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 542 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 540

Museum / vouchered2

Origin

Native4

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO716 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy82% within 1 km

≤100 m 126≤1 km 21>10 km 32

179 georeferenced · 2 361 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 540

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 2 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Size & morphology11

Life cycle & reproduction1

Diet & foraging7

Habitat & environment4

Record type2 542 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Record type2 542 records