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Black-billed Koel

Eudynamys melanorhynchus

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Indonesia.January 1, February 1, March 0, April 1, May 1, June 1, July 1, August 0, September 2, October 1, November 3, December 2.
Indonesia14
Central Sulawesi7
North Sulawesi6
South Sulawesi1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderCuckoos · Cuculiformes
FamilyCuckoos · Cuculidae
GenusTypical Koels · Eudynamys

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Black-billed Koel with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.