Dwarf koel

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Dwarf koel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Microdynamis
Salvadori, 1878
Species:
M. parva
Binomial name
Microdynamis parva
(Salvadori, 1876)

The dwarf koel (Microdynamis parva) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Microdynamis. [2] It is found in New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. [1] Its closest relatives are the Eudynamys (the true koels). [3]

References

  1. 1 2 BirdLife International (2016). "Microdynamis parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T22684046A93012403. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684046A93012403.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Microdynamis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 11 August 2014.
  3. ↑ Sorenson, Michael D.; Payne, Robert B. (2005). "A molecular genetic analysis of cuckoo phylogeny". In Payne, Robert B. The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. pp. 90, 93. ISBN   0-19-850213-3.


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