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Eudynamys orientalis  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1243735

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Cuculus orientalis Linnaeus, 1766
  
  Common Name(s): koel-oriental [Portuguese]
  
    Pacific Koel [English]
  
    Coucou bleuté [French]
  
    Koel oriental [Spanish]
  
    Eastern Koel [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderCuculiformes  – Cuckoos, coucoua  
                            FamilyCuculidae  – Anis, Cuckoos, Roadrunners  
                               GenusEudynamys Vigors & Horsfield, 1827  
                                  SpeciesEudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) – koel-oriental, Pacific Koel, Coucou bleuté, Koel oriental, Eastern Koel  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis alberti Rothschild & E. Hartert, 1907  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis cyanocephalus (Latham, 1801)  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis hybrida Diamond, 2002  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis picatus S. Müller, 1843  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis rufiventer (R. Lesson, 1830)  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis salvadorii E. Hartert, 1900  
                                     SubspeciesEudynamys orientalis subcyanocephalus Mathews, 1912  
       

 References
       
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  Source: eBird/Clements Checklist (2021), database (version 2021)  
  Acquired: 2021   
  Notes: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/   
  Reference for: Eudynamys orientalis   
       
  Source: HBW and BirdLife Int. v.6 (2021), database (version 6)  
  Acquired: 2022   
  Notes: HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip   
  Reference for: Eudynamys orientalis   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (version 15.1), website (version 15.1)  
  Acquired: 2025   
  Notes: Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen, eds. 2025. IOC World Bird List (v 15.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 28 Feb 2025]   
  Reference for: Eudynamys orientalis, Pacific Koel [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Dickinson, E. C., and J. V. Remsen Jr., eds.   
  Publication Date: 2013   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 4th Edition, Vol. 1 Non-passerines   
  Page(s): l + 461   
  Publisher: Aves Press   
  Publication Place: Eastbourne, UK   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780956861108   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Eudynamys orientalis, Pacific Koel [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Southern Asia  
       
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