Fact Card
COMMON NAME: LONG-TAILED KOEL
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Urodynamis taitensis
TYPE: Migrant
DIET: Long-tailed cuckoo eat mostly insects. They also eat bird eggs and nestling birds, adult birds and lizards. They occasionally eat fruit and seeds.
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Cuculiformes / FAMILY – Cuculidae / GENUS – Urodynamis
Video: Long Tailed Koel
Audio: Long Tailed Koel
IUCN Red List Status
References
- IUCN (2016, October 1). Long-tailed Koel. IUCN Red List. Retrieved September 18, 2023, from https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22684072/93012929
- [Hervé JACOB]. (2018, September 15). Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201637201
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2013, February 13). Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis [Audio]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/203924211
- Pacific long-tailed cuckoo. (2023, May 13). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_long-tailed_cuckoo
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
