White-crowned cuckoo

The white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly placed in the genus Cacomantis but is now the only species placed in the genus Caliechthrus. It is found in New Guinea and neighbouring Salawati Island.

White-crowned cuckoo
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Caliechthrus Cabanis & Heine 1862
Species:	C. leucolophus
Binomial name
Caliechthrus leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840)
Synonyms
Cacomantis leucolophus

It was originally described in 1840 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller as Cuculus leucolophus.^[2][3]