VMD 513: Pet animal Breeding, Management, Nutrition and Health Care (1+1)

5. Koels

KOELS - EUDYNAMYS SCOLOPACEA [Web link ....]

• The true koels, Eudynamys, are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific.
• They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos which eat fruits and insects and have loud distinctive calls.
• They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species.
• In New Zealand the Long-tailed Koel is known as the Long-tailed Cuckoo
•  Two other species, the White-crowned Koel and the Dwarf Koel, are also known as koels but are in their own monotypic genera.
• The male is all black, about the same size but slimmer than the crow. The female is brown, profusely spotted and barred with white.
• Male's loud sound is monotonus calls ‑ kuo kuo kuo and the female has metallic clicking call which carries a long way.

Asian male Koel	Asian female Koel