Centropus colossus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Centropus
- Species
- Centropus colossus
- Scientific Name
- Centropus colossus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Centropus colossus
Centropus colossus is an extinct species of coucal from the Middle Pleistocene or Late Pleistocene of Australia. It was described from submerged subfossil material collected from Fossil Cave in the south-east of South Australia. It was larger than any of its living congeners and was one of the largest cuckoos in the world.
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Sibling Taxa
- Centropus andamanensis
- Centropus anselli
- Centropus ateralbus
- Centropus bengalensis
- Centropus bernsteini
- Centropus celebensis
- Centropus chalybeus
- Centropus chlororhynchos
- Centropus colossus
- Centropus cupreicaudus
- Centropus goliath
- Centropus grillii
- Centropus leucogaster
- Centropus melanops
- Centropus menbeki
- Centropus milo
- Centropus monachus
- Centropus nigrorufus
- Centropus phasianinus
- Centropus rectunguis
- Centropus senegalensis
- Centropus sinensis
- Centropus steerii
- Centropus superciliosus
- Centropus toulou
- Centropus unirufus
- Centropus violaceus
- Centropus viridis