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Overview
Distribution
Range
S Himalayas to s China and Taiwan; winters to Indonesia.
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
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Range Description
This species is widespread, breeding in the Himalayas from northern Pakistan through Nepal and northern India to South-East Asia, southern China, Taiwan and Hainan (Payne 2005). Birds migrate through South-East Asia and winter in Indonesia and the Philippines.
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Range Description
This species has an extremely large range, breeding from Finland in the west to Japan and northern Siberia in the East. During winter, birds occur throughout Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and in northern and eastern Australia.
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Physical Description
Type Information
Type for Cuculus saturatus saturatus
Catalog Number: USNM A14018
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
Sex/Stage: Male; Adult
Preparation: Skin: Whole
Collector(s): T. Peale
Year Collected: 1842
Locality: Mangsi Island, Balabac Strait, Balabac Island, Palawan Province, Palawan, Philippines, Asia
Catalog Number: USNM A14018
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
Sex/Stage: Male; Adult
Preparation: Skin: Whole
Collector(s): T. Peale
Year Collected: 1842
Locality: Mangsi Island, Balabac Strait, Balabac Island, Palawan Province, Palawan, Philippines, Asia
- Type: Peale. 1848. U.S. Exploring Expedition. 8 (mamm. and orn.): 136, pl. xxxvii, fig. 2.
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Ecology
Habitat
Habitat and Ecology
Habitat and Ecology
Systems
The species lives in a range of forest types at high densities of c.1 calling male per km2 on the breeding grounds (Payne 2005).
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Habitat and Ecology
Habitat and Ecology
Systems
The species lives in a range of forest types.
Systems
- Terrestrial
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Cuculus optatus
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 5 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
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There are 5 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank. Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species. See the BOLD taxonomy browser for more complete information about this specimen and other sequences.
TCTATACTTAATCTTTGGTGCTTGAGCCGGTATGGTAGGAACAGCCCTGAGCCTACTTATTCGTGCAGAACTAGGACAACCAGGAACCCTCCTCGGAGACGACCAAATCTACAATGTAATCGTTACAGCACATGCTTTCGTAATAATTTTCTTTATAGTTATGCCAATCATAATTGGAGGATTCGGAAACTGACTAGTCCCGCTTATAATTGGTGCCCCAGACATAGCATTCCCACGCATGAACAACATGAGCTTCTGACTTCTCCCCCCATCCTTCTTACTCTTACTAGCCTCTTCAACAGTAGAAGCAGGAGCAGGAACCGGATGAACAGTATACCCCCCATTAGCCGGCAACTTAGCCCACGCCGGAGCATCAGTAGACCTAGCCATCTTCTCCCTACACCTAGCAGGTGTTTCATCAATCCTAGGAGCAATCAACTTCATCACAACAGCCATCAACATAAAACCTCCCGCACTGTCTCAATACCAAACACCCCTATTCGTATGATCAGTACTTATCACCGCCGTCCTACTCCTATTATCCCTACCCGTACTAGCCGCCGGTATCACGATACTACTAACAGATCGCAACCTAAACACCACATTCTTCGACCCAGCAGGAGGAGGTGACCCCGTATTATACCAACACCTATTCTGATTCTTTGGACACCCAGAAGTCTACATCCTAATTCTA
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cuculus optatus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 11
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 5
Specimens with Barcodes: 11
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Cuculus saturatus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2009
Assessor/s
BirdLife International
Reviewer/s
Bird, J., Butchart, S.
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Justification
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History
- 2008Least Concern
- 2007Least Concern
- 2004Not Recognized
- 2000Not Recognized
- 1994Not Recognized
- 1988Not Recognized
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IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
LC
Least Concern
Red List Criteria
Version
3.1
Year Assessed
2009
Assessor/s
BirdLife International
Reviewer/s
Bird, J., Butchart, S.
Contributor/s
Justification
This species has an extremely large range, and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion (Extent of Occurrence <20,000 km2 combined with a declining or fluctuating range size, habitat extent/quality, or population size and a small number of locations or severe fragmentation). The population trend appears to be stable, and hence the species does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population trend criterion (>30% decline over ten years or three generations). The population size has not been quantified, but it is not believed to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the population size criterion (<10,000 mature individuals with a continuing decline estimated to be >10% in ten years or three generations, or with a specified population structure). For these reasons the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
History
- 2008Least Concern
- 2007Least Concern
- 2004Not Recognized
- 2000Not Recognized
- 1994Not Recognized
- 1988Not Recognized
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Trends
Population
Population
The global population size has not been quantified, but is thought to be large as the species is described as 'common and widespread' in at least parts of its range (Payne 2005).
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Population
Population
The global population size has not been quantified. In Europe, the breeding population is estimated to number 250,000-500,000 breeding pairs, equating to 750,000-1,500,000 individuals (BirdLife International 2004), but Europe forms <5% of the global range.
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