Oriental Cuckoo (species: Cuculus optatus) in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Cuculus optatus
Oriental Cuckoo


©Ceri Pearce: Oriental Cuckoo at Watson's Bay, Lizard Island.

©Ceri Pearce: An Oriental Cuckoo near Lizard Island Research Station.

©Ceri Pearce: Oriental Cuckoo at swamp behind Watson's Bay, Lizard Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Cuculiformes
Family Cuculidae
Genus Cuculus
Species Cuculus optatus
Status unspecified

Lizard Island Field Guide
Lizard Island area: all known taxa

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Wingspan

  • Wingspan data is not yet available.

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island, Queensland, Australia: The Oriental Cuckoo has been recorded only twice at Lizard Island, on 23 December 2005 (Atlas of Living Australia, accessed 8 April 2012) and Ceri Pearce's record on 4 Jan 2016.

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