Species of Cuckoos Found in Indonesia

Other birds found in Indonesia: Listing of Birds or Photos


Cuckoos native to, or found in, Indonesia

Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)

Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans) .

Bornean Ground-cuckoos (Carpococcyx radiceus) – Endemic to the island of Borneo

Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)

Fan-tailed Cuckoos (Cacomantis flabelliformis)

Gould’s Bronze-cuckoos (Chrysococcyx russatus)

Grey-bellied Cuckoo or the Indian Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus)

Horsfield’s Cuckoo or Oriental Cuckoos (Cuculus optatus)

Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)

Large Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides)

Little Bronze-Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) – the World’s smallest cuckoo

Long-billed Cuckoo (Genus Rhamphomantis)

Moustached Hawk-cuckoos (Cuculus vagans)

Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)

Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)

Pied Bronze-cuckoos (Chrysococcyx crassirostris)

Rufous-throated Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx ruficollis)

Sulawesi Hawk-cuckoos (Cuculus crassirostris) Endemic to Indonesia

Sumatran Ground Cuckoos (Carpococcyx viridis) – Range:Distributed to rainforests of southern Sumatra

Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)

White-eared Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx meyeri)

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