The bird is very large and the tail is long. Coloration is greyish-green, bill is lime-green, eye-patch red, supercilium white-streaked and tail feathers with broad white tip.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Rhopodytes tristis (Lesson, 1830) |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Cuckoos
No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Dense scrub of evergreen forests.
They prefer dry scrub and thin forests.
Description
Global Distribution
India, Bangladesh
Distribution In India
Outer Himalayas up to 1800m above msl from Garhwal to Arunachal and North East India, south to the Eastern Ghats
Distribution In Assam
Assam
Phaenicophaeus tristis is native to Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Viet Nam.
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Trends
Increasing
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
IUCN Redlist Status: Least Concern
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Protection Legal Status
Schedule IV
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Phaenicophaeus tristis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22684098A93014118. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684098A93014118.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2018.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
Information Listing > References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Phaenicophaeus tristis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22684098A93014118. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684098A93014118.en. Downloaded on 08 May 2018.
- Grimmett, R., Inskipp, C., &Inskipp, T. (2011) Birds of Indian Subcontinent, 2nd Edition,Oxford University Press, London. 480 pp.
- Praveen, J. Jayapal, R. & Pittie. A. (2016). A checklist of the birds of India. Indian Birds.11: 113-170.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Cuculiformes |
| Family | Cuculidae |
| Genus | Phaenicophaeus |
| Species | Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson 1830) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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