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Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis · Family Cuculidae
Centropus bengalensis
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 94,035
- Countries and territories with records
- 30
About this species
This species has 94,035 occurrence records from 30 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Taiwan (47.3%), India (12%), Indonesia (6.9%), Thailand (5.8%) and Malaysia (4.4%); together they account for 76.5% of the total. In Taiwan, this species accounts for 0.21% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Centropus bengalensis combines the genus name Centropus with the species epithet bengalensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 28 species of the genus Centropus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Centropus sinensis, Centropus superciliosus and Centropus phasianinus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 27th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is close to the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.